Klingon word: jej Part of speech: verb Definition: be sharp _______________________________________________ qatlh jej taj Why is the knife sharp? KGT jejjaj tajlIj May your knife be sharp. KGT tajlIj jejjaj May your knife be sharp. (toast) KGT jej; Daqtagh rur sharp as a *d'k tahg* [common simile] KGT jejHa'; naH taj rur dull as a vegetable knife [common simile] KGT moQDaq DuQwI'Hommey jej tu'lu' A brutally spiked pommel fastens the hilt together. SP2 leghlaHchu'be'chugh mIn lo'laHbe' taj jej A sharp knife is nothing without a sharp eye. TKW 'etlh QorghHa'lu'chugh ragh 'etlh nIvqu' 'ej jejHa'choH Even the best blade will rust and grow dull unless it is cared for. TKW nuHmeyraj tIQorgh | watlh 'Iwraj 'e' lu'aghmo' nuHmey jej [Kahless spoke to them] about caring for their weapons, for they represent the purity of their blood. PB (KGT 85): When talking about the quality of a dish, one may say {jej pach} ("The claw is sharp"; that is, the food is pungent) … {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull"; in other words, the food is bland, where {jejHa'} [dull] really means something like de-sharpened). (KGT 126): To say {jej pach} ("The claw is sharp") is to say that the food is pungent--that is, good. If the food is bland, one may say {jejHa' pach} ("The claw is dull"). SEE: naHjej thistle (n) - (KGT 88): a thistle (a flower with dangerously sharp leaves) is a {naHjej} (literally, "sharp fruit") naQjej spear [i.e. the general term] (n) -- Voragh, Ca'Non Master of the Klingons Please contribute relevant vocabulary from the last year or two. I’ve fallen behind in updating my files and adding cross-references for related words.