Vocabulary 1
What is a piece of torn skin at the root of a fingernail?
Hangnail
What is a screened-in or glassed-in porch with a sunny exposure?
A sunporch
What is Joji's dog's name?
Maxwell
What does Rinko call Mrs. Sugarman?
Mrs. Sugar
What does Uncle Kanda do for a job?
He tailors
What is a gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces?
incense
What does recall and show respect for (someone or something) mean?
Commemorate
What is Rinko's brother's full first name?
California
What does Joji spend his coins on?
Candy
What is the shop Wilbur Starr owns called?
The Starr Laundry
What is a a smell that is only smelled briefly or faintly?
Whiff
Who makes fitted clothes such as suits, pants, and jackets to fit individual customers?
A Tailor
What does Rinko have trouble with?
speaking up
What does Rinko's father do for a job?
He is a barber.
What does Wilbur Starr call Rinko and her family?
Japs
What does pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely mean?
Forlorn
What is a short journey undertaken in order to deliver or collect something, especially on someone else's behalf?
Errand
What did Cal wanted to do for a job?
An engineer
What is Rinko's best friend's name?
Tami
What did Rinko want to do when she was older?
Be a teacher
What is depressing; dreary?
dismal
What is a a sitting room in a private house?
A parlor
What is the author's name?
Yoshiko Uchida
What is the Author's name?
Yoshiko Uchida
What is Uncle Kanda's full name?
Manjiro Kanda