Verb (5-dan, る, transitive)
1. to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
2. to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
3. to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out