[ざん, zan] (n) (obsc) beheading; decapitation #8841
[きる, kiru] (v5r) to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off) #12376
[けさぎり, kesagiri] (n) slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
[きりかかる, kirikakaru] (v5r) to assault with a sword; to stab at
[きりすてごめん, kirisutegomen] (n) right of samurai to kill commoners for perceived affronts (Edo period)
[ざんげき, zangeki] (n, vs) slash; slashing attack
[ざんざい, zanzai] (n) (execution by) decapitation
[ざんさつ, zansatsu] (n, vs) putting to the sword
[ざんしゅ, zanshu] (n, vs) decapitated head; decapitation
[ざんしゅけい, zanshukei] (n) decapitation
[ざんしん, zanshin] (adj-na, n) novel; original; newness
[ざんしんきばつ, zanshinkibatsu] (n) novel; unconventional; cutting-edge
[ざんてつけん, zantetsuken] (n) sword that cuts iron
[ざんばとう, zanbatou] (n) { MA } zanbato; a type of long sword
[ざんかんじょう, zankanjou] (n) letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
[ためしぎり, tameshigiri] (n) trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
[くびきり, kubikiri] (n) (1) (sens) decapitation; beheading; (2) firings; dismissals; layoffs; downsizing; (3) small samurai sword used for decapitation
[くびきる, kubikiru] (v5r) (1) to behead; to decapitate; (2) to fire; to dismiss
[ひときり, hitokiri] (n) assassination
[きりつける, kiritsukeru] (v1, vt) to cut at; to slash at
[きりあう, kiriau] (v5u, vi) to fight with swords; to cross swords
[きりきざむ, kirikizamu] (v5m, vt) to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
[きりこみ, kirikomi] (n) (1) cut; notch; (2) raid; attack
[きりこむ, kirikomu] (v5m, vi) (1) to cut into; to cut up; (2) to raid; to attack
[きりころす, kirikorosu] (v5s, vt) to slay; to put somebody to the sword
[きりちらす, kirichirasu] (v5s, vt) to cut down all; to slash promiscuously
[きりじに, kirijini] (n, vs) (sens) fighting to the death (with swords)
[きりすてる, kirisuteru] (v1, vt) (1) to cut down; to slay; (2) to truncate; to round down; to round off; (3) to omit; to discard; to cast away; (P)
[きりとり, kiritori] (n) (1) cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping; (2) robbery with assault; burglary
[きりたおす, kiritaosu] (v5s, vt) to cut down; to chop down; to fell
[きりやぶる, kiriyaburu] (v5r, vt) to cut to pieces
[きりはらう, kiriharau] (v5u, vt) to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
[きりかえす, kirikaesu] (v5s, vt) (1) to slash back; (2) to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; (3) to cut the wheel; (4) (See 切り返し・2) to perform a twisting backward knee trip (in sumo)
[つじぎり, tsujigiri] (n) killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
[ふだんのざんしんさ, fudannozanshinsa] (n) perpetual novelty
[なでぎり, nadegiri] (n) clean sweep; killing several with one sword sweep