cord; string; thread / beginning; start / relationship; connection

string; cord; thong / (specifically) string of a geta or sandal

beginning / mental or emotional state

Alternative form of 緒 (sho)

to cut, to slice, to carve / cut down, fell, chop down / prune, trim, shear / cut flat things such as cloth or paper / cut a person with a sword, cut down, kill

finish, be through / perform an action thoroughly or decisively

project management

tear up, tear to pieces / tear off, pluck

bite into/off

by connecting beads into a string thereby making the space shorter, shortness of something