daikon: Japanese radish.

Gosei: American born great-great grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fifth generation Japanese Americans.

inu: Literally "dog," a commonly used term for Japanese Americans who were perceived as being informants for the War Relocation Authority administration and other governmental authorities.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

kawaiso: Poor, pitiable.

nappa: Greens, as in vegetables.

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

Obon odori: Buddhist summer festival of the dead, which honors ancestors.

Rokusei: American born great-great-great grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; sixth generation Japanese Americans.

Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.

sensei: A teacher.

Yonsei: American-born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth-generation Japanese American.

yoshi: An adopted son; a son-in-law; a man who marries the eldest daughter in a family without sons and is adopted into her family to carry on the family name.