Lingaku削る【けずる】
Frequency rank: 2,394.
- to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
- to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 削る【けずる】Frequency rank: 2,394.
- けずる
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
- to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
This meaning refers to physically reducing the size or shape of an object by removing material from its surface. It can relate to crafting or preparing materials.
This meaning involves the act of decreasing something intangible, such as costs or time, often due to the need for efficiency or savings.
We need to cut down the budget.
This meaning indicates the act of removing something from a document or digital file, often implying that the information is no longer needed or relevant.
Generated collocations (experimental)
けずる削るをさくげん削減するto reduce by shaving/cutting downよさんをけずる予算を削るto cut down the budgetじかん時間をけずる削るto cut down on timeけずられた削られたけいひ経費reduced expensesすたっふスタッフをさくげん削減するto cut staffえらあめっせえじエラーメッセージをさくじょ削除するto delete the error messageふひつよう不必要なじょうほう情報をさくじょ削除するto remove unnecessary informationきじ記事をけずる削るto edit down an articleふるい古いでえたデータをさくじょ削除するto erase old dataけずる削るぎじゅつ技術shaving techniqueひつよう必要なぶぶん部分だけをのこして残してけずる削るto shave off everything but the necessary parts
Example sentences
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The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.
Hertz and Avis are head to head competitors in the car rental business.
If the door doesn't fit, you might have to shave off a bit of the wood until it closes properly.
He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.