Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 削る(けずる) in Japanese

削る, 梳る
JLPT 2
Kana Reading
けずる
Romaji
kezuru
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `ru' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off
    Example sentence
    彼らの名前はリストから削られた。 Their names were erased from the list.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down
    Example sentence
    彼の名前はリストから削られた。 He was struck off the list.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete
    Example sentence
    転校生は先生の鉛筆を削って機嫌をとった。 The new boy made up to his teacher by sharpening her pencils.

Examples of 削る, 梳る, けずる in a sentence

Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
削る
Plain Polite
削ります
Negative
削らない
Negative Polite
削りません

Past

Plain
削った
Plain Polite
削りました
Negative
削らなかった
Negative Polite
削りませんでした

Te

Plain
削って
Plain Polite
削りまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
削られる
Plain Polite
削られます
Negative
削られない
Negative Polite
削られません
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Kanji in this word

削 JLPT 1

9 strokes

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare, sharpen, whittle, pare

On'Yomi: サク

Kun'Yomi: けず.る, はつ.る, そ.ぐ

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梳

11 strokes

comb (hair)

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi: と.く, と.かす, す.く, けず.る, くしけず.る

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