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godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbcolloquial

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Meanings

  • to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out, to delete
  • to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), to switch off
  • to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), to put out
  • to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), to eliminate, to get rid of, to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), to neutralize (poison)
  • to drown out (a sound), to deaden, to absorb, to muffle
  • to kill, to murder, to bump off, to rub out

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Example sentences

電気でんき

Turn off the light.

してください。

Please put out the fire.

テレビをしました

I turned off the TV.

電気でんきさないでください。

Please don't turn off the light.

黒板こくばんします

I will erase the writing on the blackboard.


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弾くひく

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そば

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みせ

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