noun
dirt floor; earthen floor room
Traditional Japanese architectural feature: an unpaved earthen floor area at the entrance of a house, or a room with such a floor, used for cooking, work, or as a transition space.
古い家の土間にはかまどがあった。
In the earthen-floor area of the old house, there was a cooking stove.
玄関を入るとすぐ土間になっている。
Just inside the entrance, there is an earthen floor area.
noun
pit; parterre
In theater, the ground-level seating area in front of the stage, traditionally without chairs; equivalent to the pit or parterre in Western theaters.
歌舞伎の土間は立ち見が基本だった。
The pit in kabuki was basically standing room.