居留守: pretending to be absent from home

退き: distant place, far away place / 祖忌: (Buddhism) death anniversary of a sect founder, or the memorial service thereof

謝意: gratitude

小社: small company; our company / 抄写: making extracts / 哨舎: sentry-box / 商社: company; firm / 勝者: winner / 傷者: the injured / 照射: radiation / 瀟洒: stylish; smart

抄写: to make extracts / 照射: to irradiate

社用: company business / 斜陽: setting sun

Contraction of わしは (washi wa).

Contraction of いらっしゃって (irasshatte, “continuative of いらっしゃる (irassharu)”).

The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).

目, 眼: eye / 目: small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft) / 目: short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”). / 目: (by extension) experience