reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
deadline; closing; cofferdam; closed (door, window, etc.)
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
cutout; cutout picture; papercut art
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
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)
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
hewn stone; quarried stone; ashlar; flagstone
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; notch; end; conclusion
face (of a wall of coal or ore, etc.); working face (of a mine)
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment
to cut off; to cut up; 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 tide over; to struggle through; to get over
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
premiere; first showing; release (film)
nakiri knife; vegetable knife; cutting vegetables
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
end; conclusion; rounding up; revaluation
cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
rice cakes cut into rectangles (esp. eaten on New Year's Day)
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)
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)
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
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
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)
to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
line along which to cut something off; perforated line; dotted line
hillside farm; fallow ground
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
to cut (into two or more pieces)
freshly cut; freshly tailored; tree cut to specified length, especially for corners of a kemari court
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers
patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door); cut and paste
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
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
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
cutting and patching; splicing; grafting
last piece in a kabuki programme
off timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device off at a certain time)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
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)