bento: Boxed lunch.

chikuwa: Tube-shaped fish paste cake.

daiku: Carpenter.

ebi: Shrimp.

hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).

Hokokudan: Abbreviated name for the Hokoku Seinen Dan, a pro-Japanese group in Tule Lake incarceration camp. (Young Men's Association for Service to the Motherland.)

Hoshidan: Informal name for pro-Japanese group in Tule Lake incarceration camp. Short for Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan (Organization to Return Immediately to the Homeland to Serve).

inu: Literally "dog," a commonly used term for Japanese Americans who were perceived as being informants for the War Relocation Authority administration and other governmental authorities.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

kamaboko: Steamed fish paste.

kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.

-ken: A prefecture.

kendo: Japanese traditional fencing, in which a bamboo sword is used.

Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.

miso: Soybean paste, often used in Japanese cooking.

Nihongo: Japanese language.

Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.

Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.

onigiri: Rice ball.

sakana: Fish.

sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.

Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.

shoyu: Soy sauce.

tsukudani: Preserved food boiled in soy.

umani: Fish or meat and vegetables boiled in soy sauce with sugar.

Yonsei: American born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth-generation Japanese American.