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1@Lit. Comb shape. A semicircular shapeAor part of a semicircle, often with trimmed corners. Used in windows *kushigatamado ‹ωŒ`‘‹, transoms *kushigata ranma ‹ωŒ`—“ŠΤ, and walls *kushigatabei ‹ωŒ`•». Sometimes an opening of this shape is made in an outer wall and filled with thin bamboo lath intertwined with vine or with lattice *renji ˜AŽq. Examples can be seen at Urasenke Kan'untei — η‰ΖŠ¦‰_’ΰ and the Kyoto Gosho Seiryouden ‹ž“sŒδŠ΄—Α“a, both in Kyoto.

2@The upper part of the curved motif *katou ‰Ξ“”.

3@A tool for cutting wooden screws.

4@Boards used instead of sash bars in the moldings, katawaku Œ^˜g, for pillars with a round or asymmetrical cross-section, and the inner moldings for round silos.
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