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MA: And you mentioned that you went to Japanese language school?

KY: I did, after the regular school.

MA: So you went, then, every day after school?

KY: Every day, uh-huh.

MA: And what sorts of things did you learn? I mean, did you learn kanji and writing?

KY: We didn't get as far as kanji. The basic... well, maybe we did a little, few kanjis, but we weren't old enough to do the real hard kanji. And not so much conversation, it was mainly writing. But, you know, I was only, like, through the ninth grade, so it wasn't the hard kanji schooling. But I do remember we had to write letters, you know, write it in the hiragana and put in as much kanji as we know. But I didn't learn too much kanji at all.

MA: Who were the teachers at the school when you were there?

KY: Well, this Mr. Matsumoto. Wait a minute, now, he was -- no, sorry, that's not right. Mr. Matsumoto was the reverend, he was the Buddhist reverend. Mr. Fukuda, that was, Mr. Fukuda.

MA: What was the atmosphere like in the classroom? Was it pretty strict and quiet?

KY: It was. I mean, he was strict. He was strict, you know, like Japanese school.

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