JLPT N5 vocabulary
消す: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
けす0Heiban · flat
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to erase, rub out, rub off, cross out, delete
- to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.), switch off
- to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.), put out
- to remove (a smell, pain, etc.), eliminate, get rid of, relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.), neutralize (poison)
- to drown out (a sound), deaden, absorb, muffle
- to kill, murder, bump off, rub out (colloquial)

Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 消す | 消 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 消 | 消 |
| Polite presentます形 | 消 | 消 |
| Polite pastました形 | 消 | 消 |
| Te-formて形 | 消 | 消 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 消 | 消 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 消 | 消 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 消 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 消 | 消 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 消 | 消す |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 消 | 消 |
| Passive受身形 | 消 | 消 |
| Make / let使役形 | 消 | 消 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 消 | 消 |