削る
Meanings
Godan verb
Transitive verb
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
Kanji used
Pitch accent
けずる
Examples8
彼
He was struck off the list.
私
I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
彼らの
Their names were erased from the list.
私
I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.
君の
Your pencils need sharpening.
ドア
If the door doesn't fit, you might have to shave off a bit of the wood until it closes properly.