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打ち消す
Meaning in Englishto deny, to negate
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What it means
打ち消す means to negate or deny. It denotes the act of erasing the validity of a statement, claim, or effect by direct refutation, countering, or cancellation, typically with Xを打ち消す or 噂を打ち消す to express rejection or falsification.
Main meanings
- to negate or deny a claim or assertion, especially in formal or journalistic contexts
- to cancel or counteract an effect or impression by refuting or dispelling it
- to refute an argument by presenting contrary evidence or reasoning
How to use it
Used in formal and informal contexts. Collocations include Xを打ち消す, such as 事実を打ち消す or 噂を打ち消す; in journalism or debate it marks a deliberate negation; in everyday speech it can express dispelling a misconception.
Variants and close terms
- 否定する — hitei suru
- 反論する — hanron suru
- 取り消す — torikesu
Composition
- 打つ: to strike, hit; in 打ち, the continuative form connects to 消す, creating a sense of erasing by action
- 消す: to erase, extinguish; carries the meaning of removing or negating something from existence
Etymology
打つ + 消す combine via the continuative form 打ち to form 打ち消す; the compound conveys erasing or negating via action, later metaphorically extended to statements.
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打ち消し
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(gram) negation, denial, negative
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値打ち
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value, worth, price
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打ち明ける
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to confess, to be open
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打ち切る
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to stop, to abort, to discontinue, to close
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打ち込む
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to devote oneself to, to shoot into
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消去
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elimination, erasing
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消息
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news, letter, circumstances
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打開
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solution, breakthrough
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打撃
dageki
blow, damage; batting (baseball)
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