擦すり切きる

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

cut by rubbing; cut by abrasion

Describes cutting something by rubbing or friction, such as sawing through with a string or wearing through a material.

• 糸いとで紙かみを擦すり切きる。

  Cut the paper by rubbing it with a string.

• 鋭するどい岩いわがロープを擦すり切きった。

  A sharp rock cut the rope by abrasion.

godan verb (-ru), transitive verb

use up all one's money

Figurative use: to exhaust funds completely, as if wearing them away. Often used in the phrase 金を擦り切る.

• 彼かれはギャンブルで金かねを擦すり切きった。

  He used up all his money on gambling.