斬

to slay; to cut down (a foe)

to cut down; to chop down; to fell

to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off

to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)

to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

cut; notch

raid; attack

to fight with swords; to cross swords

to cross swords (with)

assassination; assassin

slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)

decapitation; beheading

firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing

small samurai sword used for decapitation

cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder

omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation

to cut downward; to slash downward

cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping

cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut

robbery with assault; burglary

slashing (with the blade pressed against the object)

mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other)

clean sweep; sweeping conquest

to cut to pieces

Sensitive

fighting to the death (with swords)

to behead; to decapitate

to fire; to dismiss

slaying 100 enemies with one's sword

Slang

bedding 100 people; having sex with countless people

to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

hacking to pieces

to cut down all; to slash promiscuously

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

horizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.)

Esp. 胴斬り

horizontal cut across the torso (sword technique)