削る

けずる, はつるkezuru

godan verb · transitive

  1. to shave (wood, leather, etc.)
  2. to sharpen (e.g. pencil)
  3. to plane
  4. to whittle
  5. to pare
  6. to scrape off
  7. to erode
  8. to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.)

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