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    3. 削る

    削る

    削けずる​

    to shave (wood, leather, etc.)

    N2KMT8News #20+1CoreVerb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab10 strokes

    けずる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    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

    Stroke 0 / 10

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    鉛えん筆ぴつを削けずってください。

    Please sharpen the pencil.

    KMT3Daily LifeEducation
    彼かれはナイフで木きを削けずって人にん形ぎょうを作つくった。

    He whittled wood with a knife to make a doll.

    KMT7Daily LifeArt & Design
    会かい社しゃは経けい費ひを削けずる必ひつ要ようがある。

    The company needs to cut expenses.

    KMT8Business & Finance
    書しょ類るいに誤ご字じがあったので、それを削けずって修しゅう正せいした。

    There was a typo in the document, so I deleted it and corrected it.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career
    彼かれは睡すい眠みん時じ間かんを削けずって勉べん強きょうした。

    He cut down on his sleep to study.

    KMT9Daily LifeEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    削
    けず.る・はつ.る・そ.ぐ…(2)
    plane・sharpen・whittle・pare・shave
    Kanji
    る
    ru
    Kana
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