消す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
消
け
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「消す」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		消す けす
Imperative (命令形) 消せ けせ
Key constructions
Passive 消される けされる
Causative 消させる けさせる
Potential 消せる けせる
Volitional 消そう けそー
Negative 消さない けさない
Negative perfective 消さなかった けさなかった
Formal 消します けします
Perfective 消した けした
Conjunctive 消して けして
Hypothetical conditional 消せば けせば

Verb

消(け)す • (kesu) transitive godan (stem 消(け)し (keshi), past 消(け)した (keshita))

Japanese verb pair
active 消す
mediopassive 消える
  1. to extinguish; to put out
    火(ひ)を消(け)す
    hi o kesu
    extinguish fire
  2. to cut power; to turn off
    電気(でんき)を消(け)す
    denki o kesu
    turn off the light
  3. to erase, to delete
    誤字(ごじ)を消(け)す
    goji o kesu
    erase wrong letters
    データを消(け)す
    dēta o kesu
    erase the data
    毒(どく)を消(け)す
    doku o kesu
    neutralize a poison
  4. to kill, to execute
    回(まわ)し者(もの)を消(け)す
    mawashimono o kesu
    kill a spy

Conjugation

Conjugation of "消す" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 消さ けさ kesa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 消し けし keshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 消す けす kesu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 消す けす kesu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 消せ けせ kese
Meireikei ("imperative") 消せ けせ kese
Key constructions
Passive 消される けされる kesareru
Causative 消させる
消さす 		けさせる
けさす 		kesaseru
kesasu
Potential 消せる けせる keseru
Volitional 消そう けそう kesō
Negative 消さない けさない kesanai
Negative continuative 消さず けさず kesazu
Formal 消します けします keshimasu
Perfective 消した けした keshita
Conjunctive 消して けして keshite
Hypothetical conditional 消せば けせば keseba
Classical conjugation of "消す" (サ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 消さ けさ kesa
Continuative (連用形) 消し けし kesi
Terminal (終止形) 消す けす kesu
Attributive (連体形) 消す けす kesu
Realis (已然形) 消せ けせ kese
Imperative (命令形) 消せ けせ kese
Key constructions
Negative 消さず けさず kesazu
Contrasting conjunction 消せど けせど kesedo
Causal conjunction 消せば けせば keseba
Conditional conjunction 消さば けさば kesaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 消しき けしき kesiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 消しけり けしけり kesikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 消しつ けしつ kesitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 消しぬ けしぬ kesinu
Perfect-continuative tense 消せり
消したり		 けせり
けしたり		 keseri
kesitari
Volitional 消さむ けさむ kesamu

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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