papercutting; paper silhouette cutting
Refers to the traditional performing art of cutting paper into shapes or silhouettes, often as entertainment.
A knife used for cutting paper; less common than ペーパーナイフ in modern Japanese.
Kamikiri is a performance art where shapes are improvised while cutting paper with scissors.
I found a paper knife at an old stationery shop.
paper cutter; paper knife
Compound of 紙 (kami, 'paper') and 切り (kiri, 'cutting'). The derivation is straightforward; the art sense is a specialized use of the same compound.