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2 words matching '削る' found
削る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
はつる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shave off (esp. concrete)  (often written with kana only)
2. to take a percentage; to take a cut  (often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 68,870 which gives a rank of 12,490
はつる is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 15,000 (about 44,600,000 results)
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砕る
BOOST
Reading : はつる   
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• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 155,000 (about 519,000 results)
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斫る
BOOST
Reading : はつる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 230,000 (about 76,400 results)
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削る
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Reading : はつる   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 8,110,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 8227
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削る is an exact match with one form of the following word:
削る
BOOST
Reading : けずる   
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off
2. to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down
3. to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 103,976 which gives a rank of 4,487
削る is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 8,110,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 3189 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 2213
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
ナイフ
えんぴつ
鉛筆
けず
った

I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
きみ
えんぴつ
鉛筆
けず
ひつよう
必要
ある
Your pencils need sharpening.
かれ
なまえ
名前
リストから
けず
られた

He was struck off the list.
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けずる
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 216,000 (about 148,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 20 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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梳る
BOOST
Reading : けずる   
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• Google Japan frequency rank: 181,000 (about 390,000 results)
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サイ   くだ to smash   くだける to be smashed   
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nine out of ten
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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サク   けず to sharpen, plane, shave   
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ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
トウ   かたな sword   
ソ   す to comb   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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