削る [けずる] /(v5r,vt) (1) to shave (wood or leather)/to sharpen/to plane/to whittle/to pare/to scrape off/(2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.)/to curtail/to cut down/(3) to cross out/to reduce/to curtail/to remove/to erase/to delete/(P)/ |