切断: cutting off / 截断: severance, disconnection

菊: chrysanthemum / 起句: first section of a poem

聞く, 聴く: to hear, to listen; to ask / 聞く, 訊く: to ask / 効く, 利く: to work, to act, to be effective

帰化人: naturalized citizen

気化: vaporization / 帰化: naturalization / 幾何: geometry

気化: evaporate, vaporize / 帰化: naturalize, become a naturalized citizen / 機化: mechanize

期間: period of time, term, interval / 機関: machine, organization, facilities / 器官: body organ, instrument / 基幹: nucleus, key / 季刊: a quarterly, a newsletter or magazine that comes out quarterly

明和: a male given name

喜久夫, 喜久男: a male given name

聞き手: audience, interviewer, listener / 利き手: dominant hand