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削る

けずる

Readings

けずる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5r, vtto shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
  2. 2.
    v5r, vtto cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
  3. 3.
    v5r, vtto delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out

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削
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削るけずる

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

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