Refers to a distinct segment within a longer discourse, story, or performance. Often used with verbs like 語る (to narrate) or 話す (to speak).
He recounted a passage of his memories.
There was one particularly memorable section in the lecture.
一場面 explicitly means 'one scene' in a play or film, whereas 一くさり can be used more broadly for any discourse segment.
Most common spelling; uses kana for くさり to avoid rare kanji.
Rare kanji spelling; 齣 is not a jōyō kanji and is seldom used.
Rare kanji spelling; 闋 is not a jōyō kanji and is seldom used.
Compound of 一 (ひと, 'one') and くさり, a counter for linked or continuous things, originally from 鎖 (chain). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it conveys the idea of a connected stretch of speech or narrative.