取り消す

• 読み: とりけす
• ローマ字: torikesu
• 漢字の分解: 取 (shu/to) — take, fetch; 消 (shou/ke) — erase, extinguish
• 発音: /to.ɾi.ke.sɯ/

意味

To cancel; to withdraw; to retract. Taking back a statement, order, or reservation.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb conjugating with the す row. A compound verb from 取る (take) and 消す (erase). Used for cancelling reservations (予約を取り消す), retracting statements (発言を取り消す), and revoking licences. More formal than キャンセルする.

例文

1. 予約を取り消したいのですが。
2. 先ほどの発言を取り消します。
3. 注文を取り消すことはできますか。

使い方ガイド

場面: customer service, business, formal speech

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

A compound verb from 取る (to take) and 消す (to erase, to extinguish). Literally means to take away and erase — to undo something previously arranged or said.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal