火蓋

ひぶた

apron of a gun, cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock

口火を切る

くちびをきる

to start the debate, to get the ball rolling, to fire the first shot (fig. only), to start a conversation

切火

きりび

Shinto fire-purification ceremony

蓋を閉める

ふたをしめる

to shut the lid

蓋を開ける

ふたをあける

to open the lid, to lift a lid

切符を切る

きっぷをきる

to rip off a coupon, to punch a ticket

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

幕を切る

まくをきる

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

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