Meanings

mashed rice pressed on a cryptomeria skewer and toasted (used as dumplings in soups)

flight feathers

scrap lumber

kindness

to cut into squares (cubes)

thick

OFF-ON (marking on switches)

to cut one's way through the waves

eagerly

glass cutter

to break the tape (at the finishing line)

paycheck

checkbook diplomacy

to release (e.g. a film)

cut end

bargain sale

carefully

matter is void

autotomy

all expenses