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...Jointing is a method of joining boards together primarily to obtain the required width. In both imotsuke (dozuke hagi) and nanametsuke, a thick stud or hollow timber or bamboo nails are inserted for reinforcement, and chigiri may also be inserted. In addition, there are other methods such as aigaki (aiji yakuri hagi, ichihagi), yatoizane hagi, hanezane hagi (honzane), and yagen hagi, in which two boards are joined together by cutting the top and bottom halves of each board into a joint and gluing them together. The end bracket is a method of fitting battens to both ends of a board to prevent the boards from coming apart or stretching, and to hide the ends of the boards. There are various types of end brackets, such as stick end brackets, retaining end brackets, and end swallow brackets.

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…矧手は主として所要の幅をうるための板材のはぎ合せ法で，芋付（いもつけ）(胴付矧（どうづけはぎ）)と斜付（ななめつけ）は，ともに補強のために太枘（だぼ）あるいは空木（うつぎ），竹釘を挿入し，千切（ちぎり）を嵌入することもある。さらに2枚の板を上下半分ずつ相欠きとし，接合膠着する相欠（あいがき）(合決矧（あいじやくりはぎ），違矧)，雇実矧（やといざねはぎ），実矧（さねはぎ）(本核（ほんざね）)，薬研矧（やげんはぎ）などがある。端喰はこうしてはぎ合わせた板の離脱，反張を防ぎ，また木口（こぐち）を隠すため両木口へ桟をはめる工作で，棒端喰，留端喰，端燕（はしつばめ）などがある。…

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