筑子: a Japanese percussion instrument made from wooden slats

諸国: various countries, various regions, various provinces

to a pulp, black and blue, completely (beaten and defeated)

preliminary trial

(archaic, impolite) this person

黒煙: black smoke

遅刻: lateness, late coming / 治国: government

小泉: a surname

帰国: a return to one's country; a return to one's home / 貴国: (humble) your country / 旗国: flag state / 危国: a precarious country; to endanger a country / 鬼哭: the wailing of a ghost, or the sound thereof

帰国: return to one's country; return to one's home