け	ず
削

る

Godan verb, transitive verb

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.