削る

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Transitive

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

2. Godan verb · Transitive

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

3. Godan verb · Transitive

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

In Spanish

1. limar; desgastar; cepillar; raspar

Kanji in this word

• 削

Example sentences

• 私わたしはナイフで鉛筆えんぴつを削けずった。

  I sharpened a pencil with a knife.

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• 彼かれの名前なまえはリストから削けずられた。

  He was struck off the list.

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