縁切り

えんきり

separation, divorce, severing of connections

切符を切る

きっぷをきる

to rip off a coupon, to punch a ticket

縁切り寺

えんきりでら えんきりてら

(historic) a temple in which women seeking release from marriage could take refuge

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

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

腹を切る

はらをきる

to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri

水を切る

みずをきる。

to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water

首を切る

くびをきる

to fire from a job, to dismiss, to discharge

息を切る

いきをきる

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath