削る

Meaning

1. v5rvt
   to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
2. v5rvt
   to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
3. v5rvt
   to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
4. v5rvt
   to shave off (esp. concrete)
5. v5rvt
   to take a percentage; to take a cut

Example sentences

• 彼らの名前はリストから削られた。

  Their names were erased from the list.

• 彼の名前はリストから削られた。

  He was struck off the list.

• 転校生は先生の鉛筆を削って機嫌をとった。

  The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.