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.