to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to split; to be split; to splinter
to diminish (dampen) the spirit
cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut
to have one's nose mutilated; to have one's nose cut off
to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867)