Kanji1 / 10
消 kanji
extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
きえるけす
Words with 消
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3消費Popularconsumption; expenditure; spending
- N3消防Popularfire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
- N2消化Populardigestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding; consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion; losing one's form and turning into something else
- N2消毒Populardisinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
- N2消防署Popularfire station
- N1消去Popularerasure; deletion; elimination; clearing; elimination (of variables); extinction
- N1消息Popularnews (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
- N1消耗Popularexhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
- —解消Popularcancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
- —消火Popularextinguishing a fire; fire fighting
- —消極Popularpassive; negative; conservative; depolarization; cathode
- —消滅Popularextinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse; annihilation
- —抹消Popularerasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
- —消灯Popularputting out the lights; turning off the lights
- —消火器Popularfire extinguisher
- —消極的Popularnegative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
- —消息筋Popularinformed circles
- —消費者Popularconsumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; buyer; consumer (in a food chain)
- —消費税Popularconsumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
- —消防車Popularfire engine; fire truck