Chinese edit

cut down; mow; scythe
 
remove; do away with; wipe out
remove; do away with; wipe out; divide; except
trad. (芟除)
simp. #(芟除)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

芟除

  1. (literary) to weed; to mow; to cut down
  2. (literary) to eliminate; to delete (redundant words)
  3. (literary) to weed out; to exterminate; to eradicate

Japanese edit

Pronunciation 1 edit

Kanji in this term
さん
Hyōgaiji
じょ
Grade: 6
kan’on goon

Noun edit

(さん)(じょ) (sanjoさんぢよ (sandyo)?

  1. elimination, scything
Synonyms edit

Verb edit

(さん)(じょ)する (sanjo surusuru (stem (さん)(じょ) (sanjo shi), past (さん)(じょ)した (sanjo shita))

  1. to eliminate, to scythe, to wipe out
    (すみ)やかに禍根(かこん)芟除(さんじょ)する
    sumiyaka ni kakon o sanjosuru
    quickly wipe out the root of evil
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Kanji in this term
せん
Hyōgaiji
じょ
Grade: 6
goon

Noun edit

(せん)(じょ) (senjoせんぢよ (sendyo)?

  1. elimination, scything

Verb edit

(せん)(じょ)する (senjo surusuru (stem (せん)(じょ) (senjo shi), past (せん)(じょ)した (senjo shita))

  1. to eliminate, to scythe, to wipe out
Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN