絶やす

Meanings

1. Godan verb (-su), Transitive

   to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to put an end to
2. to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

Forms

• 笑顔えがおを絶たやさないで。

  Keep smiling.

• メアリーは笑顔えがおを絶たやさない。

  Mary always has a smile on her face.

• 彼女かのじょは平静へいせいを装よそおい、笑えみを絶たやさなかった。

  She put on a brave face and kept on smiling.

• 何なにがあっても、笑顔えがおだけは絶たやさないように。

  Whatever happens, just keep smiling.

• 麻薬まやくの密売みつばいは根ねこそぎ絶たやさなければならない。

  We must eradicate the drug traffic, root and branch.