切

cutting in round slices; round slice

dividing into groups (e.g. by ability)

piece of cloth

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise); pinky promise

cheque; check

cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet

'taru' adjective

passionate; fervent

'taru' adjective

affecting; moving; touching

out of stock; sold out

interval; break; rift (in clouds)

incision; operation; section

eagerly; earnestly; ardently

stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole

thin slice; slicing thin

thin washer on either side of the guard (tsuba) of a sword

(up to) the hilt; wits' end

fall of the curtain; end of an act

end; ending; close

assassination; assassin

finely cut strips (of vegetables); shredded vegetables

unkindness; unfriendliness

Occ. written 杜父魚

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

abandonment; giving up; forsaking

bargain sale; selling off cheaply

edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary

pathetic; plaintive

sense of urgency

completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

straining; draining

drainer; strainer; colander

cutwater (of a ship); forefoot; drip (on a building); flashing; throating; starling (of a bridge)

stone skipping; stone skimming; skipping stones; ducks and drakes

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

cutting a flower stem under water (to prolong its life)

pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane

Architecture

round roof tile (for gables)

remiges; flight feathers