a manservant

隠れる: to hide or conceal oneself, lurk

out-of-the-way place

courtship

to court

previously created work, someone's earlier work / crops cultivated earlier (than similar ones planted later)

(adverbial particle, dismissive, derogatory) emphasizes disgust, contempt, or otherwise negative feelings of the speaker: whatever

last month

gesaku

yaksha, a broad class of nature spirits or minor deities who appear in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology. May be male or female, benevolent or malevolent.