削
- On
- さく
- Kun
- けず.る;はつ.る;そ.ぐ
- Stroke count
- 9
・plane
・sharpen
・whittle
・pare
・shave
Japanese dictionary
Dictionary: “削る”
削る
けずる
to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
Example sentence
He was struck off the list.
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