aka: Communist.

daigaku: University.

daikon: Japanese radish.

hakujin: Caucasian(s), white people.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

judo: A form of jujitsu developed as a sport and as a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.

ken: Prefecture, district.

kendo: Traditional Japanese fencing in which bamboo swords are used.

kenjinkai: Japanese club organized by prefecture of origin in Japan.

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

Kyushu: One of the main islands of Japan, south of Honshu.

mochi: Japanese rice cake.

nappa: Greens, as in vegetables.

Nichiren: A sect of Buddhism.

Nikkei: An American of Japanese ancestry.

Nippon: Japan.

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

shodan kendo: First grade of kendo.

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

shuu: A sect.