かきけす

Japanese

Alternative spellings
かき消す
掻き消す

Etymology

() (kaki-, emphatic verb prefix) + () (kesu, to erase)

Pronunciation

Verb

かきけす • (kakikesugodan (stem かきけし (kakikeshi), past かきけした (kakikeshita))

  1. to erase completely
  2. to drown out sounds or voices
    • 2016, “偽リノ華 [Fake flower]”, コツキミヤ (lyrics)‎[1]performed by solfa ft. 青葉りんご, Marble sky records:
      刹那(せつな)言葉(ことば) (しん)じても ()()されてく
      setsuna no kotoba shinjite mo kakikesareteku
      Even if I believed the words for a moment, they still wiped out suddenly.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "かきけす" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") かきけさ kakikesa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") かきけし kakikeshi
Shūshikei ("terminal") かきけす kakikesu
Rentaikei ("attributive") かきけす kakikesu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") かきけせ kakikese
Meireikei ("imperative") かきけせ kakikese
Key constructions
Passive かきけされる kakikesareru
Causative かきけさせる
かきけさす
kakikesaseru
kakikesasu
Potential かきけせる kakikeseru
Volitional かきけそう kakikesō
Negative かきけさない kakikesanai
Negative continuative かきけさず kakikesazu
Formal かきけします kakikeshimasu
Perfective かきけした kakikeshita
Conjunctive かきけして kakikeshite
Hypothetical conditional かきけせば kakikeseba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN