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JLPT N5 · Verb

消える (kieru)

消える (きえる, kieru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to disappear; to vanish”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
きえる
Romaji
kieru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness); to disappear; to fade away (e.g. of footsteps) · ichidan verb, intransitive
  5. to wear away (e.g. of an inscription); to rub out (of writing); to fade (e.g. of ink) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

たくさんの虫が一晩のうちに消えてしまった。
A lot of insects vanished overnight.
Tatoeba #203763
突然、明かりが消えた。
All at once the lights went out.
Tatoeba #123340
時間がたつにつれて我々の希望は消えた。
As time went on, our hopes sank.
Tatoeba #150630

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 消える

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary消えるきえる kieru
Polite (~masu)消えますきえます kiemasu
Negative消えないきえない kienai
Polite negative消えませんきえません kiemasen
Past消えたきえた kieta
Polite past消えましたきえました kiemashita
Negative past消えなかったきえなかった kienakatta
Te-form消えてきえて kiete
Potential消えられるきえられる kierareru
Passive消えられるきえられる kierareru
Causative消えさせるきえさせる kiesaseru
Volitional消えようきえよう kieyou
Imperative消えろきえろ kiero
Conditional (~ba)消えればきえれば kiereba

Kanji in 消える

消
extinguish, blow out, turn offショウ・き.える・け.す · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 消える.

消すけすto erase消しゴムけしゴムeraser消費しょうひconsumption消防しょうぼうfire fighting消化しょうかdigestion (of food)消毒しょうどくdisinfection消耗しょうもうexhaustion消極的しょうきょくてきnegative消防署しょうぼうしょfire station打ち消すうちけすto deny取り消すとりけすto cancel消去しょうきょerasure消息しょうそくnews (from someone)打ち消しうちけしnegation

Source: JMdict entry 1350040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.