1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

   1.

   to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle

2. 2.

   to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce

3. 3.

   to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out

Example sentences

• 小さい頃は、母が鰹節を削る音で目が覚めていました。

  When I was little, I used to wake up to the sound of my mother shaving katsuobushi.