榴弾砲: a howitzer

報復: retribution, revenge

犎牛: zebu

這子: a crawling baby; a protective charm for babies, made as a doll in the form of a baby, and intended to take on any misfortune in the real baby's stead; (rare) alternate name for 犬蓬 (inu yomogi, literally “dog mugwort”): Artemisia keiskeana, a kind of mugwort or wormwood

A term derived from the Sanskrit Tīrthika, and refers to any doctrine which "treads the outer path" to enlightenment. This is opposed to the teachings of orthodox Buddhism, the "Naidō" (内道, lit. "Inner Path"), and is thus considered to be misguided and heretical.

方位角: azimuth (an arc of the horizon)

堡塁: fort, stronghold

魔法使い, 魔法遣い: a magic user: a magician, a wizard, a sorcerer

間接話法: reported speech, indirect speech

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