to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
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)
diligent application (to work or study); cultivating one's character by studying hard; mutual encouragement (to improve); working hard together; friendly rivalry
incision; operation; section
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
cut wound; incised wound; knife wound
segment; slice; section; intercept
thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword; (up to) the hilt; wits' end
incisor (esp. in humans); grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth
working hard; applying oneself; cultivating one's character (through hard work or study); polishing (stones)
being enraged (indignant, impatient); gnashing the teeth and clenching the arms on the breast (in anger or regret)
threatened abortion; imminent abortion; threatened miscarriage; imminent miscarriage
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
threatened preterm labor; TPL
tangent line; tangential line
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
cutting off the head; shaping the flowers and leaves of a plant
notch; indentation; crena; incisure; foramen
pruning tree branches to encourage new growth
keratotomy; corneal incision
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned); surgeon's cuffs
lobotomy; leucotomy; frontal lobotomy; frontal leucotomy
admonition; expostulation
urinary urge incontinence
immediate sacrifice (esp. laboratory animals); emergency slaughter
fetal death due to distress
cutting fluid; cutting oil