土人: native people / 土神: earth god

feeling surprised, shocked, startled

be surprised

practical joke, prank

門松: a traditional decoration consisting of pine boughs and other plant cuttings placed in pairs in front of a home for New Year

late at night, the middle of the night / midnight

a middleman, broker

the truth being unknown due to conflicting accounts; a Rashomon-like situation

a surname

the middle of the road or street / on a road or street / partway along or down a road or street on the way to a destination