Meaning of 削る in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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削る, 梳るJLPT 2
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Kana Readingけずる
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Romajikezuru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru` ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete
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Example Sentences
削る, 梳る, けずる used in context
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Their names were erased from the list.
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He was struck off the list.
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The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.
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I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.
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I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
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Your pencils need sharpening.
Verb Conjugations
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Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, sharpen, whittle, pare
On: サク
Kun: けず.る, はつ.る, そ.ぐ
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