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.