- 1. [v5r, vt] to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
- 2. [v5r, vt] to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
- 3. [v5r, vt] to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
Kanji in this word
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削
plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, shaveOn: サク (saku)Kun: けず.る (kezu.ru)、 はつ.る (hatsu.ru)、 そ.ぐ (so.gu)
Example Sentences
私はナイフで鉛筆を削った。
watashi ha naifu de enpitsu wo kezutsu ta .
I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
彼の名前はリストから削られた。
kano namae ha risuto kara kezura reta .
He was struck off the list.