齣せき

noun

act (of a Chinese drama); scene

Used specifically for acts or scenes in traditional Chinese drama. Rare and domain-specific; not used for modern plays or films.

• この京きょう劇げきは四よっつの齣せきから成なっている。

  This Beijing opera consists of four acts.

noun

paragraph; passage; section (esp. Edo-period novel)

Refers to a paragraph or section in Edo-period novels. Rare and literary; not used in modern writing.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの読よみ本ほんでは、各かく齣せきに挿さし絵えが添そえられていた。

  In Edo-period yomihon, each section was accompanied by an illustration.