a section or paragraph of writing / (archaic) a chapter of a novel (particularly in the Edo period) / (Chinese theater) an act of a play

long-standing, of many years

small torch / bonfire

very short distance

historical works; annals

buck-passing, blame-switching

the Tanabata Japanese star festival, observed on 7 July / the Chinese Qīxī Festival, also sometimes referred to as the Double Seventh Festival

a surname

fighting using real metal swords / fighting in earnest

doing something without bothering to prepare or plan