削さく除じょ

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削除する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	削さく除じょする	削さく除じょしない
Polite	削さく除じょします	削さく除じょしません
Past polite	削さく除じょしました	削さく除じょしませんでした
Past	削さく除じょした	削さく除じょしなかった
Te-form	削さく除じょして	削さく除じょしないで
Desire	削さく除じょしたい	削さく除じょしたくない
Potential	削さく除じょできる	削さく除じょできない
Passive	削さく除じょされる	削さく除じょされない
Causative	削さく除じょさせる	削さく除じょさせない
Causative passive	削さく除じょさせられる	削さく除じょさせられない
Volitional	削さく除じょしよう
Polite volitional	削さく除じょしましょう
Imperative	削さく除じょしろ	削さく除じょするな
Conditional	削さく除じょすれば	削さく除じょしなければ
Tara conditional	削さく除じょしたら	削さく除じょしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

deletion; removal; erasure

Used for deleting data, files, text, or removing items from a list or record. Common in computing and administrative contexts.

不ふ要ようなファイルを削さく除じょしてください。
Please delete unnecessary files.
この段だん落らくは削さく除じょしたほうがいい。
It would be better to delete this paragraph.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉から〈物もの〉を削さく除じょするto delete/remove something from a place (list, file, database, etc.)
リストから古ふるい項こう目もくを削さく除じょした。
I deleted the old entries from the list.
〈物もの〉を削さく除じょするto delete a file, message, account, etc.
間ま違ちがって送おくったメールを削さく除じょした。
I deleted the email I had sent by mistake.

Kanji

削plane, sharpen, whittle
除exclude, division (x/3), remove

Related words· 11

消しょう去きょN2
削除 is the general term for deleting items or content, while 消去 is more often used for clearing data, memory, or traces.
抹まっ消しょうN1
削除 is a neutral, everyday word for deleting something, while 抹消 has a more formal, official nuance of striking a name or entry from a record.
除じょ去きょ
削除 is used for removing data, text, or list items, while 除去 is broader and often used for removing physical things like dirt, obstacles, or impurities.
パージ
削除 is the everyday word for deleting data or text, while パージ is a more technical computing term for clearing out unneeded data.

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除じょ籍せき
削除 is the general word for deleting or removing data, text, or items, while 除籍 is specifically the official act of striking a name from a register.
消けすN5
削除する is a formal or technical word for deleting text, data, or records, while 消す is the everyday, all-purpose verb for erasing.
デリート
削除 is the standard Japanese verb for deleting something, used in both technical and everyday writing, while デリート is a katakana loanword mainly used for digital data and can sound more casual or technical.
カットN3
削除 is a formal word for deleting or removing text/data, whereas カット is used more casually for cutting out scenes, budget, or content.
抹まっ殺さつ
削除 is the ordinary word for deleting data or text, whereas 抹殺 carries a stronger sense of annihilating something so completely that no trace remains.
省しょう略りゃくN3
削除 means to delete or remove something entirely (often permanently), while 省略 means to omit it for brevity while it may still exist elsewhere.
排はい除じょN1
削除 is specifically deleting data, text, or entries, while 排除 is the broader act of excluding or eliminating something unwanted in any context.

Opposites· 9

追つい加かN3
削除 means to delete or remove something, while 追加 means to add something, making them opposite actions in editing or list management.
セーブ
削除 means to delete data, the opposite of セーブ, which means to save it.
書かき込こみN1
書き込み is adding a written entry or post, while 削除 is deleting it.

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付つけ加くわえ
削除 means 'deletion, removal', the opposite process of 付け加え, which means adding something extra.
付つけ加くわえるN1
削除する means to delete or remove something, the opposite action of 付け加える, which means to add something extra.
付ふ加かN1
削除 means to delete or remove something, the opposite of 付加, which means to add something.
掲けい載さいN1
削除 means to delete or remove content, the opposite action of 掲載, which means to publish or post it.
挿そう入にゅうN3
削除 means deleting or removing something, the opposite of 挿入, which means inserting or adding something in.
追つい記き
削除 means to delete or remove information, the opposite of 追記, which means to append or add information.

Don't confuse with

削けずるN3
削除する is a formal, technical verb for deleting text or data, whereas 削る is a broader everyday verb that also covers physically shaving or planing material.
削さく減げんN2
削減 means to reduce or cut down the amount of something, while 削除 means to delete or remove an item entirely, even though both share the kanji 削.

Word family· 8

無む削さく除じょ
uncut; unabridged
削さく除じょキー
delete key; DEL key
物ぶつ理り削さく除じょ
hard delete; physical deletion
自じ動どう削さく除じょ
automatic deletion
論ろん理り削さく除じょ
soft delete; logical deletion

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追つい加か削さく除じょ
additions and deletions; adding and deleting; revisions · to add and delete; to revise
ファイルの削さく除じょ
file deletion
格かく納のうメッセージ削さく除じょ
stored message deletion; MS

Etymology

Compound of 削 (saku, 'to cut, delete') and 除 (jo, 'to remove, exclude'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of cutting out and removing.