削る

けずる

to shave (wood, leather, etc.)

N2 #9,185

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
  2. to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
  3. to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

はつる also 斫る · 砕る

  1. godan verb, transitive, usually in kana to shave off (esp. concrete)
  2. usually in kana to take a percentage; to take a cut

Its kanji

In sentences

君きみの鉛筆えんぴつは削けずる必要ひつようがある。 Your pencils need sharpening. #178447

鉛筆えんぴつを削けずりなさい。 Sharpen your pencil. #880358

私わたしはナイフで鉛筆えんぴつを削けずった。 I sharpened a pencil with a knife. #159215

二に社やしろがしのぎを削けずっている。 The two companies are competing with each other. #3616604

彼あの名前なまえはリストから削けずられた。 He was struck off the list. #116033

彼かれらの名前なまえはリストから削けずられた。 Their names were erased from the list. #98395

私わたしは鉛筆えんぴつをけずるナイフがほしい。 I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with. #158234