[削足适履 / 削足適履, xuē zú shì lǚ, ㄒㄩㄝ ㄗㄨˊ ㄕˋ ㄌㄩˇ]to cut the feet to fit the shoes (成语 saw); to force sth to fit (as to a Procrustean bed); impractical or inelegant solution#98036[Add to Longdo]
[けずる, kezuru](v5r, vt) (1) to shave (wood or leather); to sharpen; to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; (2) to shave off (e.g. a budget, expenses, a salary, etc.); to curtail; to cut down; (3) to cross out; to reduce; to curtail; to remove; to erase; to delete; (P)#19494[Add to Longdo]
[そぎぎり, sogigiri](n, vs) (See 削ぐ・1) cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut[Add to Longdo]