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.