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狭 - Cramped
In a tiny Edo castle, a scrappy mutt squeezed through the Cramped arrow-slit, his ears twitching at the sound of distant festival drums.
He bumped his nose on sharp horns, jutting like narrow gateposts-so Cramped, even a breeze had to squeeze by!
Inside, the Husband of the castle-dressed in old kabuki robes-sighed, “My home is so Cramped, even mutts with horns have to duck!”
Whenever you hear “Cramped” in Japan, imagine that castle: a mutt, some horns, and a husband, all squashed into a space barely bigger than a postage stamp, with only the drums and laughter slipping through.
That’s the secret of Cramped-a narrow, lively world where even legends have to squeeze in.
