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.