Hoshidan: Informal name for pro-Japanese group in Tule Lake internment camp. Short for Sokuji

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

Kenjinkai: Association of people who came from the same prefecture.

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

miso: Soybean paste, often used in Japanese cooking.

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

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

sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.

tsukemono: Pickled vegetables.

umeboshi: Pickled plum.