to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (of the economy, a project, etc.); losing momentum; loss of efficiency
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
pieces; scraps; disconnected
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
to become enraged; to blow one's top; to lose it; to flip out
cutting in round slices; round slice; dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
fall of the curtain; end of an act; end; ending; close
running out of battery; battery depletion; going flat; loss of energy; depletion of stamina
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
running out of energy; running out of strength
to cut (food) into chunks; to chop into lumps
break; pause; interruption; intermission
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
severing of connections or relations
to stop midway; to interrupt
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)
cutting into chunks (esp. vegetables)
chopping (vegetables) into chunks
draining hot water (e.g. from noodles)
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
to stop midway; to interrupt
to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)
one-ring hang-up call (to receive a call back, oft. for scams); missed call for exchanging phone numbers; wangiri
small piece (e.g. of cloth)
cutting into thin round slices; cutting across; slicing
to have tears in one's eyes; to be unable to stop crying
cutting into four; quarter; photograph size 254mm x 305 mm
abruptly hanging up the phone while the other person is still talking
crisp; staccato; piquant; clear
downsizing by laying off part-time and temporary workers
blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out
pieces of meat (often sold in a pack); shaved meat
gnashing the teeth; gear cutting
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
slicing (a vegetable, chicken breast, etc.) diagonally; cutting (diagonally) into thin slices; shaving into slivers
largely cut (e.g. of cabbage); cut into large pieces
octavo format (about 21.5 to 16.5 cm); cutting into 8 parts
discarding the just-drawn tile
to be out of resources; to run out of stock
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
horizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.); horizontal cut across the torso (sword technique)
excavation (as preparation for construction)
dividing something into six pieces; something divided into six pieces
flat-bottomed wooden bowl for preparing sushi rice
last time (as of now); never again; only this
attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
enzuigiri (attack that strikes the back of the head)
chopping finely; slicing up finely; something chopped up finely
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword; bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people
sailing windward; land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns)
losing one's cool; blowing one's top
drying up (of the surface of a riverbed)
quiz-like (TV) comedy segment in which participants improvise one-liners based on a given theme; last piece of the day (in a vaudeville or music hall programme, etc.); last-item comic dialogue
looking furious; looking like one's about to blow their top
same cloth; spare cloth (e.g. for patching)
Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)
instantly exploding into a rage; sudden outburst
running out of things to talk about; running out of ideas
chigiri-e; collage of pieces of colored paper
getting irked; getting slightly ticked off
fragments from the old literary work kept at Mt. Koya
one-jointed bamboo musical instrument
sound drop-out (e.g. in audio equipment)
audio dropout (incl. stutter, clicks, pops etc.)
short reference delimiter role
being past the use-by date; being expired
patch (for mending clothes, fabric, etc.)
exemption (from a regulation, etc. usu. because of small scale); cut-off cuffs (trousers, etc.)
binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears
expiration check; retention period check
one-ring fraud (attempt to encourage a return call to a fraudster's number)
with that; on that note; altogether; ending at that point; cut off there
weight-chain-pole weapon; flail
border between two villages