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to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

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)

to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)

to cross (e.g. road); to traverse

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)

to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

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)

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

to be out of breath

to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

to be exhausted; to be tired out

countless; incalculable

to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)

to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

to become completely chilled

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

ticket

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out

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)

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

to sever relations (with somebody; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum

broken; intermittent; disconnected

cut; gash; incision

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision

beginning; start

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

to cut at; to slash at

long slits (esp. of eyes)

to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)

to be sold out

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

unsuitable; inappropriate; improper

inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive

to tear off

to turn off power

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

to burn off

to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation

to finish reading; to read through

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive

to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

to be filled to bursting; to burst

to be able to conceal

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

to wear out

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

pieces; scraps; disconnected

almond eyes; slit eyes

to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)

to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

kindness

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

to break the seal

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

end; break

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side

slice; small piece

sold-out

to chop (a branch, etc.)

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

to complete decisively; to do to completion

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

(cross) section (e.g. in a drawing); cutting plane

keen; acute; heartfelt

earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering

to switch off; to turn off

wind noise

diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry

to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter

to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

to open a path

to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size

railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

feel when biting; manner of enunciation

to be enraged; to flip out

out of bullets

to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size

stump; stubble

cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal

sharp and able person

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous

to get over; to forget

to bite off; to gnaw through

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

to cut off (a relationship)

railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

piece of cloth

to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)

pinky swear; pinky promise; hooking each other's little fingers to confirm a promise

cheque; check

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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)

cut; notch; raid; attack

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

to twist off

out of stock; sold out

finely chopped (cooking)

interval; break; rift (in clouds)

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

to wear out

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)

how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

incision; operation; section

eagerly; earnestly; ardently

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

to cross swords with

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

thin slice; slicing thin

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

to faint; to be exhausted

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end

to bite off

to make a start

determination; decision

fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

to break a dam; to burst out

act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables

unkindness; unfriendliness

to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

to bite off

cut; notch; incision

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)

to be out of patience; to be unable to put up with something anymore

to be the first to speak; to break the silence; to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

to declare impressively

to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way

to be enraged; to flip out

piercing (cold); biting (wind)

clear solution; clean decision

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)

to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

pathetic; plaintive

consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

sense of urgency

completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...

straining; draining; drainer; strainer; cutwater (on ship); forefoot

to cut; to slit

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers

early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian

nail clippers

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

selling by the piece

trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard

pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)

scrap of cloth; odds and ends

finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

to sell out; to sell off

to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

hot topic; talk of the town

snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash

thick slice

chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks

partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall

to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries

railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring

to look sour (disgusted)

one-way ticket

separation; divorce; severing of connections

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully

pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers

Jack the Ripper

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section

waiting impatiently for

piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood

partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing

to cut at; to slash at

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

obvious; undeniable

out of fuel

to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

to fit in

running out of energy; running out of strength

to pay with one's own money; to pay out of one's own pocket

scrap lumber; piece of wood

to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

to cut into chunks; to chop into lumps

to cut; to slit

to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch

expiration of a term; becoming overdue

shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream

carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper

end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

to bite off; to gnaw through

more than one can eat

cut flowers

slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder

thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient

to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; (lit.) to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone

violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand

cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach

starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board; making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

break; pause; interruption; intermission

kind; considerate; helpful; caring; thoughtful; attentive

to cut; to slit; to slash

to cut; to slit

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

to cut; to slit; to slash

to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

cut into cubes; diced

old cloth; rag

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

cutout; cutout picture; papercut art

to stare at; to glare at

to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely

stump; stubble

to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

to stop midway; to interrupt

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

to use one's own money; to pay for from one's own pocket

to slash downward; to cut down

can opener

to turn upwards; to leave a clean aftertaste

to cut into

Japanese children's game; preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders

partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

to begin grandly; to start with a bang; to make a spectacular beginning; (lit.) to throw open the curtains

(being) out of stock

cut end; section; opening; slit

cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

to fight with swords; to cross swords

facet; facetted object

severing of connections or relations

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

to cut one's way through the waves

to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)

to tear off; to rip off

fixed; obvious; commonplace

clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)

how kind of you; that's very nice of you; kindly

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

to be or remain always on hand

loss-cutting; cutting one's losses

ticket window; box office; ticket

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date

being truly angry

pruning

leaving unfinished; unfinished ending

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

to take completely; to deplete; to block off; to isolate

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

to set a deadline; to fix a time limit

stiff formality; set terms

segment; slice; section; intercept

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

great enthusiasm; high excitement

cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)

cut wound; incised wound; knife wound

pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers

to turn completely into; to become completely

old cloth; rag

continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption

to behead; to decapitate; to fire; to dismiss

unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance

thinly shredded cabbage

good (place to leave off); convenient

continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

incisor (esp. in humans); grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth

old cloth; rag

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

quarry; stone pit

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

I'm not so sure; I can hardly say with any finality that ...

carefully; with (great) care; with caution

draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)

to break off with (e.g. one's lover); to be sharp enough to cut one's skin (of a new banknote, etc.)

bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots

disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts

cut flowers

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)

hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone

kindheartedness

to cut; to slit; to slash

cut; notch; end; conclusion

finely chopped (cooking)

to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely

to cut to pieces

cutting into chunks (esp. vegetables)

chopping (vegetables) into chunks

premiere; first showing; release (film)

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far

cut; gash; incision

incessantly; continuously; continually; unceasingly; without a break

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt

road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting

to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue

relationships formed by wealth will end when the money ends; the relationship ends when the money runs out; the end of money is the end of love

cutting (e.g. metal)

being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret)

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)

to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)

to twist off

affirmation; declaration; assertion; end of sentence

road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting

entreaty; supplication

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

to release (e.g. a film)

autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

all living creatures

clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep

thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon

object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

just the two of them

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

incessant; uninterrupted; continuous

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

devaluation (e.g. of currency); markdown; write-down; undercutting

canine tooth

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

pretending to be kind; self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)

quarry; stone pit

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

hang-up; HUP (signal)

time limit; closing day; deadline

to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape

to be out of; to have no more at hand

ticket price

gabled roof

cut; notch; raid; attack

to be sold out

one-ring hang-up call (to receive a call back, oft. for scams); missed call for exchanging phone numbers; wangiri

to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award

leaving everything up to someone else

to force someone out of the ring

cut; notch; end; conclusion

slice; small piece

run out of

to pay off completely (e.g. loan)

pickpocket

to cut (into two or more pieces)

to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)

to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.)

postage stamp

formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed

hacking to pieces

to overcut

I can't die and leave things this way

cutout; cutout picture; papercut art

to close tight

ticket (e.g. for a traffic violation)

cutting roots; extermination; rooting out

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

to stop midway; to interrupt

to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring

to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money)

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

to buy up; to buy everything available; to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

ticket window; box office; ticket

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

strongly; keenly; vividly; sincerely; urgently

special issue stamp

to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)

carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper

good (place to leave off); convenient

being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction

to overcut

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

all the domestic (housekeeping) chores

to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around

to correct cutting; to reshuffle (playing cards)

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.); to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

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)

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

anal fistula; bleeding hemorrhoids

small piece (e.g. of cloth)

hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in

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)

to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over

small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)

to cleave; to saw through; to hack apart

hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)

tracheotomy

line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line

flight feathers

to rip off a coupon; to punch a ticket

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

cutting in half; painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper; half-size paper

bargain or clearance goods (esp. of imperfect produce)

half a piece

to cut through (with a road, tunnel, or canal)

deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)

to cut; to slash; to slay all

endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

facet; facetted object

flight feathers

cutting into wedges

premiere; first showing; release (film)

good (place to leave off); convenient

seamless; contiguous; unbroken; non-stop

thick; dull (blunt); viscous

owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm

to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office

cutting short

sailing windward; land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns)

gatekeeper; crossing guard

gap (in a mountain ridge)

threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage

shock corps

downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers

canine tooth

to have tears in one's eyes; to be unable to stop crying

to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard

to make out a check (cheque); to write out a check

to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut

buying up; buying all of something; purchase on a no-returns basis; flat fee; lump-sum payment

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste

to cut down all; to slash promiscuously

leaving unfinished; unfinished ending

to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

tangent line; tangential line

retrenchment; curtailment

time limit; closing day; deadline

end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation

plain cigarette

round-trip ticket; return ticket

straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting

to make a formal salutation (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); to formally greet; to pay one's respects

to cut out; to clip from; to extract

type of faceted glass from Edo

right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

hacking to pieces

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

low gate; side gate

straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting

cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)

Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)

complete Buddhist scriptures

cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)

cutter; cutting machine; guillotine

to tear off; to rip off

to cut loose; to let loose; to cut off; to separate in thought; to consider as independent

osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones

all altogether

reservable private bath

to break a dam; to burst out

pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly

to cut off; to lop off; to prune

sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)

dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket

quarrying (stone); quarryman; stonecutting; stonemasonry; stonecutter

livid

surgical operation

road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

not be concerned about at all; not mind about at all; not care a bit

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

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)

cutout; notch

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

to go numb; to have pins and needles

to miss in attempting to kill

unable to finish (on time, etc.); unbearable; intolerable; beyond endurance

nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables

facet; facetted object

clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian

gnashing the teeth; gear cutting

finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)

ticket seller

kudzu starch noodles

to cut into squares (cubes)

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

throwaway; disposable; single-use

dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket

fighting to the death (with swords)

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)

to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to round down (e.g. fraction)

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

to punctuate a sentence

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

essential; vital

scattered clouds

gap between the 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)

start broaching (a subject); opening remark; event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar; opening a sealed jar or container

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

nakiri knife; vegetable knife

cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary

reservable private bath

cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

good (place to leave off); convenient

to go numb; to have pins and needles

cutter; certificate

drainboard; draining board

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study); polishing (stones)

bobbed hair

to strike a pose (in kabuki); to assume a posture; to make a proud gesture; to put on an air of confidence; to speak boastfully

glass cutter

urging; persuasion; declaration

hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)

(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)

freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court

cropped head

starting lines in the ring

face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

violent robbery or burglary; killing and robbing (someone)

merchandise certificate

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

Caesarean section (Cesarean); C-section

large cut (e.g. of meat); last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.

sold-out

oil deflector; shallow tray with rack for draining food after deep frying

to prune back (plant, shrub, etc.)

punctuation words in haiku, renga, etc. such as "ya", "kana", "keri", etc.

round slices

just the two of them

to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around

to be out of resources; to run out of stock

to cut off

episiotomy; perineotomy

ticket punch; ticket puncher

levelling a powder or liquid (when measuring)

discarding the just-drawn tile

carving knife; butcher's knife; cleaver; meat chopper

appendectomy; appendisectomy; appendicectomy

thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut

to cut at; to slash at

to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue

partition; divider

I can't die and leave things this way

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman

octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts

finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

to wear out

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

to hire for exclusive use; to reserve; to charter

to boil down sake, mirin, etc. to reduce the alcohol content

cutting off the head; shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant

eager; earnest; ardent

red traffic violation ticket (designating a serious violation); third-class ticket

traveling bag; travelling bag

reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation

scraps; chips

crisp; staccato; piquant; clear

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

clearing (land); excavating

endless; boundless

bamboo chip

dead link; linkrot

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

leaving everything up to someone else

cloth; fabric

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

scrapbook

to violently cut something apart; to hack down; to chop; to cut off

gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction

cutting into wedges

edged tool; cutlery; shrewd businessman

(of a woman) slender and smartly shaped

to fit in

paper silhouette cutout; paper knife

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

cutting horizontally into the torso (with a sword)

to cut off and separate

leaving unfinished; unfinished ending