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N2 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

(けず)to shave (wood or leather), to sharpen, to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.), to curtail, to cut down, to cross out, to reduce, to curtail, to remove, to erase, to delete

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    1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode

    2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce

    3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out

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    削る 【けずる】

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    Examples

    --:--

      鉛筆(えんぴつ)(けず)りで鉛筆(えんぴつ)(しん)(けず)る。

      To sharpen the pencil lead with a pencil sharpener.

      • N2

      節約(せつやく)のために社内(しゃない)人材(じんざい)(けず)りました。

      We shaved down on personnel within the company to save money.

      • N2

      先生(せんせい):「文章(ぶんしょう)(なが)いので、(すこ)(けず)りましょう。」

      Teacher: 'The sentence is long, so let's reduce it a bit.'

      • N2

      (かれ)はとても器用(きよう)だ。(なに)しろナイフで鉛筆(えんぴつ)綺麗(きれい)(けず)(こと)出来(でき)る。

      He is very skillful. After all, he can neatly sharpen a pencil with a knife.

      • N2

      こんなに一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)(はたら)いたのにボーナスが(けず)られると()き、(だま)ってはいられません。

      Despite working so hard, I heard that my bonus is being cut, I can't stay silent.

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