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.