daikon: Japanese radish.

gidayuu: Type of reciting used in the puppet theater.

go: A Japanese game of strategy played with black and white stones on a board marked with many intersecting lines.

kamaboko: Boiled fish paste.

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.

konyaku: Food made of solidified jelly.

mochitsuki: Rice cake making.

nappa: Greens, as in vegetables.

odori: Dance; dancing.

okazu: Side dish; accompaniment for rice dishes.

Oshogatsu: New Year celebration.

sakanayasan: Fish peddler.

shakuhachi: Five-holed bamboo wind instrument.

shamisen: A Japanese instrument, similar to a banjo.

shigin: Guttural singing of a ballad; recitation or chanting of a Chinese poem.

shoyu: Soy sauce.