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)”).

七七日: the forty-ninth day after a person dies; the Buddhist memorial service that occurs forty-nine days after a person dies

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