end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
cut; notch; end; conclusion
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
gatekeeper; crossing guard
gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
premiere; first showing; release (film)
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
time limit; closing day; deadline
straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
type of faceted glass from Edo
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.; purification ceremony in which sparks are struck in the direction of someone (oft. for good luck)
metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs; cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
sweetened mochi flavoured with Japanese pepper
spring board; vaulting board; takeoff board
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
hillside farm; fallow ground
to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
to cut (into two or more pieces)
buying up; buying all of something; purchase on a no-returns basis; flat fee; lump-sum payment
small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage; small garden gate
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
dish drainer; draining board
unstaffed railway crossing
last piece in a kabuki programme
on-off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on and off at specified times)
round-up function; rounding
automatic line switching; ALS
off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time)
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
remains after cutting something
settlement price; invoice price
change-over switch; circuit changing switch; transfer switch
(lit.) Finger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles; words said when making a pinky swear
cutouts (of coloured paper)
notebook with records of monies received
railway crossing gate; railroad crossing gate; level crossing gate
cutout; cutout picture; collage
great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
blue shark (Prionace glauca, species of circumglobal requiem shark)
black-browed reed warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
Eurasian reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rhynchosia volubilis (species of snoutbean)
thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
stone for cutting one's pubic hair (in public baths)(Edo period)