Illustration: During a supervised fire drill in an apartment courtyard, a resident directs a fire extinguisher's nozzle at the base of flames in a shallow metal training tray. The discharge covers most of the burning surface, leaving only a small tongue of flame at the far edge as it dies away.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう火か

shouka

to put out a fire

Example sentences

彼かれらは消火しょうかにあたった。
They fought the fire.
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消防士しょうぼうしは、すぐに消火しょうかした。
The fireman soon put the fire out.
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その火事かじを消火しょうかするのに長ながい時間じかんかかった。
It took a long time to put out the fire.
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Kanji in 消火

消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
火fireOnカKunひ・ほ-

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