end; finish; bound; limit; finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); trump card
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
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
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.); clip (from a video); video clip
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 cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
cut; notch; end; conclusion
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
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)
having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
to cut up; to split open; to rip to pieces; to tear to pieces
gable; gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
gatekeeper; crossing guard
hole cut in a wall, panelling, etc. to let light in
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
type of faceted glass from Edo
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
premiere; first showing; release (film)
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
to fight with swords; to cross swords
time limit; closing day; deadline
finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine); complete story; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap
straw cutter; short mane; pressing and cutting
cut hair; short hairstyle worn by widows (from the early modern period to the Meiji era)
rice (or an equivalent sum of money) given as salary to low-ranking samurai (Edo period)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
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)
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
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)
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 shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
cutting; tearing off; cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; robbery with assault; burglary
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 slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
spring board; vaulting board; takeoff board
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
gabled roof; building with a gabled roof; gabled roof construction
selling by the piece; selling (one's knowledge, talents, etc.) bit by bit; selling a little at a time
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
lower-class brothel (Edo period)
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
long-horned beetle; longicorn; beetle of the cerambycidae family
sweetened mochi flavoured with Japanese pepper
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)
hillside farm; fallow ground
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
former Christian (forced to apostatize during the Edo period); fallen Christian
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
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
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to cut downward; to slash downward
pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket
shrill sound; piercing sound; high-pitched grating noise
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
to cut and enlarge; to enlarge by cutting
clave-like folk instrument; two bamboo pieces beaten together
cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; (lit.) pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
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
railroad crossing without a crossing gate
management; handling; running
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
railway crossing emergency button
change-over switch; circuit changing switch; transfer switch
(vegetables) sliced and pickled
cutouts (of coloured paper)
notebook with records of monies received
railway crossing gate; railroad crossing gate; level crossing gate
cutout; cutout picture; collage
private bath (at an onsen, etc.)
paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
blue shark (Prionace glauca)
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)