日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsextinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
On'yomiショウ
Kun'yomiき、け
Strokes10
Radical

Compounds

  • cancellation, liquidation, resolution, reduction (e.g. of stress)

  • to cancel, to withdraw, to retract, to take back (words, etc.)

  • to disappear, to vanish, to go out of sight, to go away

  • eraser, rubber

  • to erase, to rub out, to rub off, to cross out

  • digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding

  • passive, negative, conservative, depolarization

  • negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated

  • consumption, expenditure, spending

  • consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)

  • fire fighting, fire department, fire brigade, firefighter

  • fire station

Example sentences

  • He disappeared without a trace.

  • American consumer group identifies RealPlayer as 'badware'.

  • I have broken off our engagement.

  • We had to write off the debt.

  • A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.

  • He wishes to erase bad memories.

  • It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.

  • Take care to turn off lights in rooms when nobody's in them.