削

reduction of expenditure; reduction of expenses; cost reduction; cost-cutting

to scrape off; to plane off

to diminish (dampen) the spirit

cost reduction; cost saving

personnel reduction

pencil sharpener

budget cut

to curtail a budget

shavings

sharp reduction; drastic cut

Food, cooking

slicing (a vegetable, chicken breast, etc.) diagonally; cutting (diagonally) into thin slices; shaving into slivers

Computing

automatic deletion

Common noun

additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions; revising

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

to add and to delete; to revise

cutting tool

force reduction; troop reduction

Noun or verb acting prenominally

hollow-cheeked

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START

arms reduction

to have one's nose mutilated; to have one's nose cut off

Computing

file deletion

Computing

delete key; DEL key

centerless grinding; centreless grinding

pencil sharpened at both ends; sharpening a pencil at both ends

to chip off; to slice off