Vocabulary

stark naked; nude; bare

ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

great scholar; profound scholar

(Confucian) scholar

the most ... of all (in team, department, class, etc.); the greatest ... in

not through; not finished; not done

good (place to leave off); convenient

scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

endless; boundless

to cut downward; to slash downward

striking sparks with flint and steel or by rubbing sticks together (usu. to start a fire); fire lit by sparks from flint and steel, etc.

to cut open (a tied bundle); to release (prisoners)

to manage; to control; to run; to handle

to cut open

to miss in attempting to kill

to cut and enlarge; to enlarge by cutting

to cut (into two or more pieces)

steep bank; cliff

to open up waste land for cultivation

to cut off

last piece in a kabuki programme

scraps; chips

cutting and patching; splicing

to cross swords (with)

to attack and scatter; to argue vehemently

low gate; side gate

to destroy; to kill off (trees)

stiff formality; set terms

stump

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince

run-of-the-mine coal

to cut up small

to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword

to cut down all; to slash promiscuously

facet; facetted object

cuttings; lop; spray; set; slip

fighting to the death (with swords)

kirigami; the art of cutting paper (in contrast to origami); cut paper; paper cut in half; paper scrap

violent robbery or burglary; killing and robbing (someone)