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剃る

そる

to shave

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Examples

  1. 父は洗面所でひげを剃っている。

    ちちはせんめんじょでひげをそっている。

    My father is shaving in the washroom.

  2. 毎朝ひげを剃るのが面倒だ。

    まいあさひげをそるのがめんどうだ。

    Shaving every morning is a nuisance.

  3. 試合に負けて、彼は頭を剃ってしまった。

    しあいにまけて、かれはあたまをそってしまった。

    After losing the match, he went and shaved his head.

Common patterns

ひげを剃る
to shave one's beard
頭を剃る
to shave one's head
剃刀で剃る
to shave with a razor

Memory tip

剃る is blade against skin; 切る would mean cutting the hair off, and 刈る is clipping it short. Beware the near-identical 反る (そる, to warp or bend back) — same reading, unrelated meaning.

Kanji in this word

  • 剃Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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