also: せつ
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.
This Beijing opera consists of four acts.
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.
In Edo-period yomihon, each section was accompanied by an illustration.