消費者【しょうひしゃ】
consumer
消費【しょうひ】
consumption, expenditure, spending
解消【かいしょう】
cancellation, liquidation, resolution, reduction (e.g. of stress)
消極的【しょうきょくてき】
negative, passive, half-hearted, unmotivated
消防【しょうぼう】
fire fighting, fire department, fire brigade
取り消し【とりけし】
cancellation, withdrawal, abolition, revocation, cancel, CAN
消印【けしいん】
postmark, (postal) cancellation mark
消滅【しょうめつ】
extinction, extinguishment, disappearance, vanishing, termination, lapse, annihilation
消息【しょうそく】
news (from someone), letter, contact, (someone's) whereabouts, (someone's) movements
消しゴム【けしゴム】
eraser, rubber
消化【しょうか】
digestion (of food), digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding, consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion, losing one's form and turning into something else
消火【しょうか】
fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
消毒【しょうどく】
disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
取り消す【とりけす】
to cancel, to withdraw, to retract, to take back (words, etc.), to revoke
消耗【しょうもう】
exhaustion, consumption, using up, dissipation, waste
帳消し【ちょうけし】
writing off (a debt), cancellation, balancing the books, cancelling out (gains or losses), making even, making up (for), offsetting, undoing, wiping out
消す【けす】
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
打ち消す【うちけす】
to deny, to contradict, to negate (esp. a sound), to drown out
抹消【まっしょう】
erasure, striking off, crossing out, cancellation, deletion
消灯【しょうとう】
putting out the lights, turning off the lights