サク, けず.る, はつ.る, そ.ぐ, げ

plane, sharpen, whittle, pare

JLPT1 G7 S9 F814

As per # (resemble in miniature) + sword/knife → shave, scrape, plane or pare, creating small likenesses of the original object → *shave/plane/pare*; *reduce*; *remove*; *erase*; *cut*; *delete*.

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