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    消去

    消しょう去きょ

    erasure

    N1KMT9News #30+1Ref L1Noun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveTechnologyScience & MathKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しょうきょ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    erasure, deletion, elimination, clearing
    2.
    elimination (of variables)
    mathematics
    3.
    extinction
    psychology

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    不ふ要ようなデータを消しょう去きょしました。

    I deleted unnecessary data.

    KMT7Technology
    パソコンのハードディスクを完かん全ぜんに消しょう去きょするには専せん門もんのソフトウェアが必ひつ要ようです。

    Specialized software is required to completely erase a computer's hard disk.

    KMT9Technology
    過か去この過あやまちを心こころから消しょう去きょすることは難むずかしいが、未み来らいへ進すすむためには必ひつ要ようだ。

    It's difficult to erase past mistakes from one's heart, but it's necessary to move forward into the future.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    スマートフォンのストレージを解かい放ほうするため、古ふるいアプリを消しょう去きょした。

    I deleted old apps to free up storage on my smartphone.

    KMT9TechnologyDaily Life
    数すう学がくの問もん題だいでは、連れん立りつ方ほう程てい式しきの変へん数すうを消しょう去きょして解かいを求もとめる。

    In math problems, you find the solution by eliminating variables in simultaneous equations.

    KMT9Science & MathEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    消
    き.える・け.す…(1)
    extinguish・blow out・turn off・neutralize・cancel
    去
    さ.る・-さ.る…(3)
    gone・past・quit・leave・elapse…(2)
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