to break, to be broken, to be destroyed, to be wrecked / to fall through; to be broken off / (informal) to go mad; to lose it

a seat (piece of furniture) / (by extension) a post, position (in an office)

作り: construction / 旁: right hand part of a kanji / 造り: make-up, structure

繕う: mend, repair

作り茸: button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus

fabricated fake item

(と〜) thinking that […] (with the next clause explaining that the truth is contrary to expectations)

to seem, to appear

continuative of the passive of 思う (omou); continuative of 思われる (omowareru)

(as と思われ) (2channel slang) Synonym of と思う (to omou)