How to say "shave" in Japanese

• 削るけずるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers shaving in the craftsman's sense: cutting thin layers or shavings off a material such as wood or leather, as when planing, whittling, or sharpening a pencil. It is not the word for removing hair.
  私はナイフで鉛筆えんぴつを削けずった。↗

  I sharpened a pencil with a knife.
• 剃るそるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the grooming sense of 'shave': removing hair from the face or body with a razor, as when a man shaves his beard. For wood or leather, use 削る instead.
  お父とうさんがバスルームでひげを剃そっている。↗

  Dad is shaving in the bathroom.

Use 「剃る」 for shaving hair from the face or body with a razor, and 「削る」 when shaving means cutting thin layers off a material such as wood or leather, as in planing or whittling.

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• 削るけずるto shave (wood, leather, etc.)
• 剃るそるto shave
• 当たるあたるto shave
• 丸めるまるめるto shave (one's head)