noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

noun:

• snippets; trimmings; cuttings

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in two under train wheels

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half
• painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折

noun:

• cutting ingredients into decorative shapes (e.g. vegetables)

noun:

• cutting blade of a plane

noun:

• cutting apart; something that has been cut apart ➜ 断ち切る

noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• scissors for cutting paper

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

noun:

• direct planting of a cutting in the ground

noun:

• nakiri bocho, var. of Japanese knife used for cutting vegetables

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting in half

noun:

• treating cloth before cutting to prevent shrinkage or expansion

noun:

• arc cutting

noun / ~する noun:

• die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold

noun:

• cookie cutter - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• root cutting
• excavation (as preparation for construction)

noun:

• cutting tool

noun:

• cutting short

noun:

• cutting a person's sidelocks; evenly cut sidelocks (symbol of adulthood for noblewomen in the Heian era); ritual of cutting the sidelocks (coming-of-age ceremony for women from about 1568-1867) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting off; cut(ting) out

noun:

• Deer-Antler-Cutting Ceremony (held in Nara between late October and early November)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a cutting remark; to stab someone with a short blade [literal] - idiom

noun:

• cutting guide board for noodles

noun / ~する noun:

• wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists - From English "wrist cut"

noun:

• cutting back; pruning