Illustration: At a workbench in a Japanese art classroom, an adult carefully sharpens a thick drawing pencil with a small craft knife. The blade is caught lifting a fresh, thin curl of wood away from the pencil, exposing a longer taper around the graphite. Earlier shavings lie in a little pile beneath the hands.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

削けずる

kezuru

to shave, sharpen

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしはナイフで鉛筆えんぴつを削けずった。

    I sharpened a pencil with a knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. ドアがきちんと閉しまらない時ときはドアを少すこし削けずらなければならない。

    If the door doesn’t fit, you might have to shave off a bit of the wood until it closes properly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 君きみの鉛筆えんぴつは削けずる必要ひつようがある。

    Your pencils need sharpening.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 削

  • 削plane; sharpenOnサクKunけずる・はつる・そぐ

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