GLOSSARY
Baishaku kekkon: An arranged marriage. A marriage made by a go-between.
Baishakunin: Matchmaker or go-between who arranges marriage.
Camp: Euphemism for the concentration camps into which people of Japanese ancestry were put during World War II.
-cho or -machi: (suffix) Street or town.
Doshikai: Organization of people with common interests.
Gobo: Burdock root used as a vegetable.
Gochiso: Feast
Gosei: Fifth generation or great-great grandchildren of Issei immigrant.
Hakujin: Caucasian.
Imin: Immigrant.
Issei: First generation immigrant from Japan.
JACL: Japanese American Citizens League.
Ken: Prefecture or regional geopolitical unit in Japan.
Kenjinkai: Association of immigrants from same ken.
Kendo: Japanese fencing.
Kibei: One born in America but educated in Japan.
Koden: Condolence gift of money to the family of the deceased.
-mura: (suffix) Village.
Nihongakko: Japanese school.
Nihonjinkai: Japanese Association or the political social organization of the Issei.
Nisei: Second generation or children of the Issei.
Obaasan: Grandmother or aged woman.
Obasan: Aunt or middle-aged woman.
Obento: Box lunch.
Ohinasan: Dolls which are put on display during the celebration for Girls' Day on March 3rd.
Ohinadana: Shelves on which dolls are displayed.
Ojiisan: Grandfather or aged man.
Ojisan: Uncle or middle-aged man.
Omochi: Rice cakes which are made by steaming and pounding sweet rice.
-sama or -san: (suffix) Title of honor such as Mr., Mrs., Miss, and et cetera.
Sanbasan: Midwife.
Sansei: Third generation or grandchildren of the Issei.
Satoimo: Taro potato.
Seinenkai: Young people's organization.
Shigin: Chanting or recitation of a Chinese poem.
Sumo: Japanese wrestling.
Tsukemono: Picked vegetables.
Yobiyose: One born in Japan and summoned to America by an Issei parent, often in adolescence, therefore a younger Issei.
Yonsei: Fourth generation Japanese-American or great grandchildren of the Issei.
