切

to swing past the maximum (e.g. of a needle on a dial)

shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit

Professional wrestling

enzuigiri (attack that strikes the back of the head)

executioner; headsman

Mathematics

Dedekind cut

to turn a steering wheel

role-play; role-playing

Food, cooking

(vegetables) sliced and pickled

Colloquial

railroad crossing without a crossing gate

checkbook; chequebook

nerikiri; confection made from white bean paste and sugar

Colloquial

having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place

Finance

open check; blank check

Historical term

attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby

Historical term

Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian

Historical term

penis removal

Historical term

binkiri; Edo-period hairstyle with a lock of hair running down from the temples and hanging over the ears

Historical term

rice (or an equivalent sum of money) given as salary to low-ranking samurai (Edo period)

Historical term

right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)

Historical term

Meiji-period postal stamp featuring a large oval in its design

Obsolete term; Colloquial

first-class ticket

Rare term

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

Dated term

pickpocket

Rare term

to snip (off); to nip off; to clip off; to trim off