単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#1,830 most used

削る

けずる0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

to shave; to sharpen

ITS KANJI

削shaveread けず here6 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

Sharpen your pencil.

from Tatoeba · thyc244

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Your pencils need sharpening.

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

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

godan verb · transitive

TANGOYA ASKS

2

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

godan verb · transitive

3

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

godan verb · transitive

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#1,830 most used

Written削る only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium