合格: to pass (a test)

老子: child of older parents

擬声語: onomatopoeia

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

自立語: (grammar) independent (freestanding) word, substantive