削る
けずる
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ru), Transitive
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
- to shave off (esp. concrete)
- to take a percentage; to take a cut
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 削るけずる | 削りますけずります |
| Negative | 削らないけずらない | 削りませんけずりません |
| Past | 削ったけずった | 削りましたけずりました |
| Past negative | 削らなかったけずらなかった | 削りませんでしたけずりませんでした |
| Te-form | 削ってけずって |
|---|---|
| Potential | 削れるけずれる |
| Passive | 削られるけずられる |
| Causative | 削らせるけずらせる |
| Volitional | 削ろうけずろう |
| Imperative | 削れけずれ |
| Conditional (ば) | 削ればけずれば |
| Conditional (たら) | 削ったらけずったら |
Example sentences
鉛筆を削りなさい。
Sharpen your pencil.
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I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
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Your pencils need sharpening.
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The two companies are competing with each other.
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He was struck off the list.
More examples (9)
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Their names were erased from the list.
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Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the cost.
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The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.
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We used to compete furiously in college.
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He whittled the stick to a sharp point with his hunting knife.
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When I was little, I used to wake up to the sound of my mother shaving katsuobushi.
ドアがきちんと閉まらない時はドアを少し削らなければならない。
If the door doesn't fit, you might have to shave off a bit of the wood until it closes properly.
ハーツ社とエイビィス社はカーレンタルの業界でしのぎを削っている。
Hertz and Avis are head to head competitors in the car rental business.
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I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.