[ばつなぎ, batsunagi] (n) filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
[とりものちょう, torimonochou] (n) (1) (See 目明かし, 岡っ引き) detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); (2) detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs