消然
しょうぜん
dejected, dispirited, crestfallen, discouraged
消音
しょうおん
silencing (e.g. machine), muffling, muting (e.g. TV)
消毒
しょうどく
disinfection, sterilization, sterilisation
消防
しょうぼう
fire fighting, fire department
消費
しょうひ
consumption, expenditure
消去
しょうきょ
elimination, erasure, dying out, clearing, purge, melting away
消除
しょうじょ
deletion, removal, elimination, erasure, cancellation, revocation
消長
しょうちょう
prosperity and decay, prosperity and decline, rise and fall, ups and downs, ebb and flow, waxing and waning
消夏
しょうか
summering, spending the summer
消雪
しょうせつ
snow melting (usu. a system or device), snow removal
消磁
しょうじ
demagnetization, demagnetisation, degaussing
消磨
しょうま
abrasion, wearing out
消火
しょうか
fire fighting, extinguishing a fire
消却
しょうきゃく
erasure, paying back debt, effacement
消沈
しょうちん
depression, low spirits, dejection