合格: passing (as in a test); suitability, eligibility

合格: to pass (a test)

老子: child of older parents

擬声語: onomatopoeia

孫息子: grandson (son of one's child)

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