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打ち消す (うちけす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

打うち消けす

う

ち

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す

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

deny; contradict; negate

Used for denying statements, claims, or facts, often in formal or argumentative contexts.

彼かれはその疑ぎ惑わくを強つよく打うち消けした。
He strongly denied the suspicion.
証しょう拠こが彼かれの主しゅ

張ちょう

を

打う

ち

消け

し

て

いる

。

The evidence contradicts his claim.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

drown out; negate (a sound); cancel out

Specifically for sounds: to make a sound inaudible by producing a louder one, or to cancel noise.

雨あめの音おとが彼かれの声こえを打うち消けした。
The sound of the rain drowned out his voice.
ノイズキャンセリング機き能のうが周しゅう囲いの雑ざつ音おんを打うち消けす。
The noise-canceling function negates the surrounding noise.

Written forms

打うち消けすUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
打うち消けすUsage6%
Variant kanji spelling; less common but still encountered.
うちけすUsage2%

Kanji

打strike, hit, knock
消extinguish, blow out, turn off

Similar words

否ひ定ていする
否定する is a more general and common word for 'deny' or 'negate', while 打ち消す often implies a stronger, more active refutation or cancellation.
かき消けす
かき消す also means 'to drown out' or 'to erase', but is more physical and often used for sounds or images being obliterated.

Etymology

Compound of 打ち (uchi, prefix adding emphasis or force) + 消す (kesu, 'to erase, extinguish'). The combination yields the sense of forcefully erasing or negating something.