削

cut

digging out

deletion

flaked bonito

to shave (wood, leather, etc.)

rough-hewn

correction

to machine

planing (of a surface)

cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances)

personnel reduction

grinding allowance

excavation (esp. of a tunnel)

to diminish (dampen) the spirit

excavation

to curtail a budget

grinding

removal

cost reduction

cutting (e.g. metal)

centerless grinding

force reduction

to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.)

to undergo great hardships

budget cut

automatic deletion

sharp reduction

wooden flower whittled from a log

to scrape off

to be chipped off

reduction of expenditure

arms reduction

additions and deletions

cutting tool

cutting fluid

uncut

hard delete

to chip (off)

shavings

to be shaved or planed

to compete ruthlessly

to split

shaving

to be dampened (of one's enthusiasm, enjoyment, etc.)

rock drill

(stone) scraper

soft delete

workforce reduction

file deletion

delete key

planer

debt reduction

slotter (machine tool)

cutting temperature

Government Paperwork Elimination Act (USA)

grinder

unabridged edition

ice-shaving machine

ice-shaving machine

excavator

tunnel boring machine

splinter

stored message deletion

to shave off

oil rig

particle board

teeth clipping

drillship

denudation

denudation

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

free-cutting steel

pencil sharpened at both ends

fluting

to have one's nose mutilated

turning (on a lathe)

carbon dioxide reducing obligation

shavings

pencil sharpener

pencil sharpened at both ends

CO2-reduction goal

lead pointer (for a clutch pencil)

hollow-cheeked

hoof trimming

cutting a person's sidelocks