削る

• 読み: けずる
• ローマ字: kezuru
• 漢字の分解: 削 (saku/ke) — to shave, reduce
• 発音: /ke.zɯ.ɾɯ/

意味

To shave; to scrape; to pare down; to cut; to reduce. Refers to removing material or cutting something down in quantity or size.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with physical and abstract applications. Physically: shaving wood, sharpening a pencil, or scraping a surface. Abstractly: reducing budgets, cutting text in editing, or trimming plans. Figurative compounds are particularly expressive — 命を削る (to work oneself to the bone), 骨を削る (extreme sacrifice), 神経を削る (a severe drain on one's nerves).

例文

1. 予算削減のため、広告費を大幅に削ることになった。
2. 彼は命を削るような思いで締切に間に合わせた。
3. 論文の冗長な部分を削って簡潔にまとめた。

使い方ガイド

場面: editing, finance, craftsmanship, sacrifice

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 削 combines the knife radical (刀) with a phonetic component, depicting the act of cutting or scraping with a blade to reduce material.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal