幕切れ

まくぎれ

fall of the curtain, last scene, end of act

切り幕

きりまく

entrance curtain (noh)

煙幕を張る

えんまくをはる

to throw up a smoke screen

幕を閉じる

まくをとじる

to come to an end, to close the curtain

切符を切る

きっぷをきる

to rip off a coupon, to punch a ticket

幕を切って落とす

まくをきっておとす

to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)

句を切る

くをきる

to punctuate a sentence

波を切る

なみをきる

to cut one's way through the waves

縁を切る

えんをきる

to get a divorce, to sever connections

手を切る

てをきる

to cut off (a relationship)

テープを切る

テープをきる

to break the tape (at the finishing line), to breast the tape

スイッチを切る

スイッチをきる

to switch off, to turn off

カードを切る

カードをきる

to shuffle (a deck of) cards

髪を切る

かみをきる

to cut hair, to give a haircut

空を切る

くうをきる

to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air

舵を切る

かじをきる

to turn the rudder of a ship, to change direction (of policy, etc.)

口を切る

くちをきる

to be the first to speak; to break the silence

シラを切る

シラをきる

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

腹を切る

はらをきる

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri