Bukkyōkai: A Buddhist church, Buddhist temple.
hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
ikebana: Japanese style flower arranging; the art of floral arrangement.
Issei(s): First generation Japanese immigrant in America.
jogakkō: A girls' high school.
kaki: Persimmon.
Kibei: American born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
Nisei(s): American born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans.
Nishi Honganji: A Buddhist church in California named after the west "Temple of the Causal Vow" which is one of the two main branches of Jōdo Shin Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan.��
Noh: A kind of traditional Japanese drama.
odori no oshōsan: Japanese dance instructor
Otaikai: A large meeting or gathering; a conference, convention.
shakuhachi: A five-holed bamboo clarinet.
utai: Chanting of a Noh drama text.