This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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懸け橋

掛け橋、かけ橋、架け橋、懸橋、掛橋、梯、桟
かけはし
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
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えつり
sheathing (under thatched roofing); lath (used as a foundation for a mud plaster wall); decorative rafters (of alternating wood and bamboo)
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さん
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
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桟橋

棧橋
さんばし、さんきょう
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
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桟敷

さじき、さんじき
reviewing stand; box; gallery
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つんぼ桟敷

聾桟敷
つんぼさじき
being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop; upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat
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桟道

さんどう
plank road; corduroy
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浮き桟橋

浮桟橋
うきさんばし
floating pier
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天井桟敷

てんじょうさじき
gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods
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障子の桟

しょうじのさん
frame of a shoji (paper sliding-door)