I Love Kanji削る (kezuru)
削る (けずる, kezuru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- けずる
- Romaji
- kezuru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare · godan verb, transitive
- to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce · godan verb, transitive
- to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 削る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 削る | けずる kezuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 削ります | けずります kezurimasu |
| Negative | 削らない | けずらない kezuranai |
| Polite negative | 削りません | けずりません kezurimasen |
| Past | 削った | けずった kezutta |
| Polite past | 削りました | けずりました kezurimashita |
| Negative past | 削らなかった | けずらなかった kezuranakatta |
| Te-form | 削って | けずって kezutte |
| Potential | 削れる | けずれる kezureru |
| Passive | 削られる | けずられる kezurareru |
| Causative | 削らせる | けずらせる kezuraseru |
| Volitional | 削ろう | けずろう kezurou |
| Imperative | 削れ | けずれ kezure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 削れば | けずれば kezureba |
Kanji in 削る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 削る.
Source: JMdict entry 1298090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.