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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
- —消除deletion; removal; elimination; erasure; cancellation; revocation
- —消退disappearance (e.g. of a symptom)
- —消渇diabetes (in traditional Chinese medicine); gonorrhea (in women)
- —消点vanishing point
- —消魂losing energy (e.g. because of sadness); being exhausted; being absorbed (in something); being immersed
- —消炎anti-inflammatory (substance)
- —消音器(car) muffler; (piano) damper pedal; (gun) silencer
- —消化剤digestive
- —消火栓fire hydrant
- —消極性passivity; negativity; halfheartedness
- —消失点vanishing point
- —消毒剤antiseptic; disinfectant
- —消費量amount of consumption
- —消防士firefighter; fireman
- —消耗的exhaustive
- —不消化indigestion
- —未消化undigested (food); unfulfilled (orders); unused (funds)
- —消息通well-informed person; insider
- —消化液digestive fluids
- —消化腺digestive gland