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 planeto whittleto pareto scrape offto erode
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.)to curtailto reduce
Godan verb (ru ending), Transitive verb
to deleteto eraseto removeto cross outto strike out

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

(わたし)はナイフで鉛筆を(けずる)った。

I sharpened a pencil with a knife.

(きみ)の鉛筆は(けずる)る必要がある。

Your pencils need sharpening.

(かれ)の名前はリストから(けずる)られた。

He was struck off the list.

(かれら)らの名前はリストから(けずる)られた。

Their names were erased from the list.

(わたし)は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。

I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.

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