けずる
削る
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
N5Common wordGodan verb (ru ending)
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to shave (wood, leather, etc.)•to sharpen (e.g. pencil)•to plane•to whittle•to pare•to scrape off•to erode
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.)•to curtail•to reduce
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to delete•to erase•to remove•to cross out•to strike out
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Kanji Breakdown
Conjugations
Present辞書形
削る(けずる)
Negativeない形
削らない(けずらない)
Pastた形
削った(けずった)
Past Negativeなかった形
削らなかった(けずらなかった)
Te-formて形
削って(けずって)
Example Sentences
私はナイフで鉛筆を削った。
I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
君の鉛筆は削る必要がある。
Your pencils need sharpening.
彼の名前はリストから削られた。
He was struck off the list.
彼らの名前はリストから削られた。
Their names were erased from the list.
私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。
I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.