to outwit; to defeat with the unexpected

階建: a floor or storey in a building

writer

corner (e.g., of a room or board surface); nook

anyhow, anyway, in any case / ([…]は兎も角) setting aside

anyhow, at any rate, anyway, somehow or other, in any case

(informal) Used to sign off a message/attribute a text.

to sell

(usually in Chinese contexts) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume / (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

plum / Short for 梅雨 (baiu): East Asian rainy season / Short for 梅毒 (baidoku): syphilis