けず
Meanings
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
Pitch accent
ずる
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
to curtail a budget
Examples (3 in total)
Their names were erased from the list.
Your pencils need sharpening.
Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the cost.