far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead
decisive; resolute; drastic
close friendship (i.e. strong enough to cut metal)
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
absence of permission; lack of permission; absence of (advance) notice; lack of notice
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
decluttering; clearing out past accumulation; minimalism
assertion; declaration; affirmation
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
interruption; suspension; break
absolutely; positively; decidedly
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
section; cross section; profile
literary fragment; interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
break in time; interruption; pause
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
cutting (cloth, paper, etc.); judgement; judgment; decision
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
disconnection; interruption; burn-out
intermittence; being intermittent; occurring intermittently
suspension of water supply; water outage
trying of a crime; conviction; condemnation to death by beheading
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
arbitrary decision; using one's own discretion; acting on one's own authority
rash decision; jumping to a conclusion
sterilization; sterilisation; castration
breaking off relations (esp. between countries)
clear or definite judgement (judgment)
dissection; disconnection; diaeresis
firm; resolute; absolutely
divination; fortunetelling
ceasing medication (esp. of antipsychotic drugs); discontinuation of medication; withdrawal
fragmentary thoughts; random thoughts
fragment of a historical document; scrap of an old manuscript; piece of an antique record
shredding; chopping up; pulping
cutting; cutting off; severing
cutting the threads on a loom
cutting the strings of a koto
teeth clipping; grinding down teeth
asceticism; practices that eliminate afflictions
colorful cross-section of cut food such as sandwiches, sushi rolls and cakes