削る
けずる · kezuru
To shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce
- to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out
- to shave off (esp. concrete)
- to take a percentage, to take a cut
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| Polite (ます形) | 削りますけずります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 削りませんけずりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 削りましたけずりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 削りませんでしたけずりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 削りましょうけずりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 削りけずり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 削りたいけずりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 削りながらけずりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 削ってけずって |
| Plain past (た形) | 削ったけずった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 削ったらけずったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 削っているけずっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 削らないけずらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 削らなかったけずらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 削らなくてけずらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 削れるけずれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 削ればけずれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 削れけずれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 削ろうけずろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 削られるけずられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 削らせるけずらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 削らされるけずらされる |
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What does 削る mean?
To shave (wood, leather, etc.), to sharpen (e.g. pencil), to plane, to whittle, to pare, to scrape off, to erode. It can also mean: to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.), to curtail, to reduce; to delete, to erase, to remove, to cross out, to strike out; to shave off (esp. concrete).
How do you pronounce 削る?
けずる (kezuru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 削る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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