chourei: Morning assembly.

furo: Japanese-style hot bath.

geta: Japanese wooden sandals.

haiku: A Japanese verse form, rendered in English as 3 unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables respectively, often on some subject of nature.

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

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.

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

kaichou: Company president; chairman.

kaya: Mosquito net.

ken: A prefecture.

kenjinkai: Association of people who came from the same prefecture in Japan.

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

kyouiku chokugo: Imperial Rescript on Education.

mura: Village.

natsukashi: Nostalgic; to yearn for or miss.

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

samba-san: Midwife.

shikata ga nai: It can't be helped. There's nothing one can do.

shoukou: Commissioned officer.

sonchou: A chief, a headman or chieftain.

souji touban: Cleaning duty.

udon: Japanese wheat noodle.

zoukin: Cleaning cloth, dust cloth.