telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
master; teacher; stable master
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
same village; same town; same province
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
letter; missive; note; mail
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to happen to meet; to come across
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
beyond that point; after that
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
suggestion; hint; implication