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Japanese Vocabulary
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handed down from one generation to the next
What is traditional
100
A pair of small, slender sticks used to eat with
What are chopsticks
100
Most children like pizza. Valid or faulty? Why?
What is valid
100
The reason why most young Japanese Americans did not know their grandparents?
What is their grandparents lived in Japan.
100
person born in North America whose parents were Japanese immigrants
What is Nisei
200
thankfulness
What is gratitude
200
exchange of letters
What is correspondence
200
Library books are usually free. Valid or faulty? Why?
What is valid
200
The reason Yoshiko Uchida was in such awe of her cousins?
What is they were more sophisticated and worldly.
200
Japanese robes
What are kimonos
300
removed from your home, country, and so on
What is uprooted
300
very great pain, grief, or distress
What is anguish
300
All government buildings are closed on national holidays. Valid or invalid? Why?
What is invalid
300
Simile the author used to describe the flying streamers
What is "like a flying rainbow"
300
capital of Japan
What is Tokyo
400
person from another country
What is a foreigner
400
your original or native land
What is homeland
400
It always snows in the winter. Valid or Faulty? Why?
What is faulty.
400
The reason the author felt like an outsider when she was in Japan?
What is she looked Japanese, but did not know the language and culture.
400
of or about the military class of people in ancient Japan
What is samurai
500
strange and unusual; often coming from a different country
What is exotic
500
a strong desire for something
What is longing
500
In Minnesota, it is always dark at night. Valid or faulty? Why?
What is valid
500
List two things Japanese Americans do to celebrate the New Year.
What is tie up loose ends, cleaning, and making symbolic food dishes.
500
Obah San's "cure-alls," or traditional medicine
What is Kinbon San
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