あの方々: (formal) they, those people

"going to the otherworld": dying; death

Alternative form of あのよゆき (ano-yo-yuki)

a number exceeding more than half; a majority

貝殻: shell

人柄: personality, character; personal appearance; gentility

手柄話: big talk

chaff (inedible parts of grain plant)

he, she, that person over there (third person singular) / he, she, that person both of us know (third person singular) / my husband, partner (of a female speaker)

あの方: (formal) he, she, that person