whittle down

(carrot) + (sword)
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9 strokes
ILL PAIR

Onyomi

SAKU

Always wear underpants while using a weed-whacker otherwise you might accidentally trip and whittle down your SAC.

Mnemonic

Use the sword to whittle down the carrot.

Kunyomi

けず*る whittle down, or shave off 1/2 KANA
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Jukugo

削除(さくじょ) する

delete ★★★☆☆
(whittle down) + (exclude) = 削除 (delete)

delete (as in, delete a file, but also to eliminate or censor something)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
erase WATER
whittle down SWORD

You erase cum-stains with soapy WATER,

but you whittle wood with a SWORD.

Meaning Hint Radical
cough MOUTH
nucleus TREE
engrave SWORD
correspond to SAY
whittle down CARROT

You cough with your MOUTH.

The seed is the nucleus of a TREE,

but you carve with a SWORD.

My words correspond to what I SAY.

You whittle a what?? a CARROT,dummy.

Synonyms

delete
消去する    削除する    除く    取り除く    除去    解除    省く