Vocab Info

N2 う-verb (る), 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. 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

    2. う-verb (る), Transitive verb

      2.

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

    3. 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】

    Details

    • Pitch Accent

    • Dictionary Top 2,500

    Examples

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      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.

      • N2
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