Vocab Info
N2 う-verb (る), Transitive verb
削る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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う-verb (る), Transitive verb
1.
to shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
う-verb (る), Transitive verb
2.
to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
う-verb (る), Transitive verb
3.
to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
All Forms
削る 【けずる】
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る
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鉛筆削りで鉛筆の芯を削る。
To sharpen the pencil lead with a pencil sharpener.
節約のために社内の人材を削りました。
We shaved down on personnel within the company to save money.
先生:「文章が長いので、少し削りましょう。」
Teacher: 'The sentence is long, so let's reduce it a bit.'
彼はとても器用だ。何しろナイフで鉛筆を綺麗に削る事が出来る。
He is very skillful. After all, he can neatly sharpen a pencil with a knife.
こんなに一生懸命働いたのにボーナスが削られると聞き、黙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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