How to say "excise" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 切り取るきりとるgodan verb, transitive verbCovers the verb sense of 'excise' — cutting off or cutting out a piece of something, such as removing tissue, trimming an image, or clipping a passage. The English noun meaning a tax does not apply here.
- 物品税ぶっぴんぜいnounCovers the noun sense of 'excise' as a tax on goods. Note that this word is less common, and 'excise' as a verb of cutting is never rendered this way.
For the surgical or figurative sense of cutting something out, use 「切り取る」; for the tax sense, use 物品税 — the two words cover entirely different meanings of 'excise'.
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