背後: the rear / 廃語: paleologism

芝居小屋: playhouse, theater

胡麻塩: gomashio (a condiment made from ground toasted unhulled brown or black sesame seeds and salt); salt and pepper (grey and black hair)

鮴押し屋: arm-twister

鮴押し: technique of catching gobies; doing something with force or pressure, arm-twisting

鮴押し: do the technique of catching gobies; do something with force or pressure, arm-twist

solitude, alone / orphan

千早人: allusion to 宇治 (Uji, “a placename, especially of a river crossing”)

those who know, know

Kyūjitai form of 欧州連合