Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
deadline; closing; closing (a door, window, etc.); cofferdam
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
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
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
cut; notch; end; conclusion
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; slice (meat, fish); fillet
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
formulaic; stereotyped; hackneyed
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
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
kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap
cut hair; short hairstyle worn by widows (from the early modern period to the Meiji era)
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)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
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
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
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)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
selling by the piece; selling (one's knowledge, talents, etc.) bit by bit; selling a little at a time
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
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
management (of a house, store, etc.); administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)
hillside farm; fallow ground
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
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
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to cut (into two or more pieces)
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
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
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
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
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
dish drainer; drainer tray; draining basket; perforated basket
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
shrill sound; piercing sound; high-pitched grating noise
to cut and enlarge; to enlarge by cutting
to cut and enlarge; to enlarge by cutting
lower-class brothel (Edo period)
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
leftover pieces (when slicing meat, fish, cake, etc.); shaved meat; end pieces; clipping
last piece in a kabuki programme
management; handling; running
off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time)
(vegetables) sliced and pickled
paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
paper diorama (made from a woodblock print)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
Rhynchosia volubilis (species of snoutbean)
man-made water channel (e.g. round a castle); artificial trench; moat
thinly cut hemp or paper mixed with rice (scattered as an offering to the gods)