Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “削る”

削る

けずる

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

Example sentence

I sharpened a pencil with a knife.

Kanji details

削

・plane

・sharpen

・whittle

・pare

・shave

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4 related words

けずる

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

けずる

to delete;to erase;to remove;to cross out;to strike out

はつる

to shave off (esp. concrete)

はつる

to take a percentage;to take a cut