削る

けずる はつる

• to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode v5r vt
• to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce v5r vt
• to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out v5r vt
• to shave off (esp. concrete) v5r vt uk
• to take a percentage; to take a cut v5r vt uk