Glossary of Terms and Phrases
Shojiro Tatsuno (left) and son, Dave (right) in front of their Nichi Bei Bussan Store on Post Street in San Francisco, just one day before they had to evacuate for Tanforan Assembly Center. Shojiro Tatsuno, an Issei, had immigrated from Nagano, Japan and opened the store in 1902. Dave would reestablish the store in 1946 in the lower level of their nearby house. Shojiro Tastuno did the honors by opening the doors and welcoming back their first customers. Dave opened the San Jose branch in 1948. National Archives.

Assembly Center: Temporary detention center to house evacuees while permanent relocation centers were being built.

Baishakunin: Marriage arranger or go-between. Individual who arranges marriages between families.

Concentration Camp: Guarded facility for detention and/or imprisonment of individuals

Executive Order 9066: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the order that authorized the military to remove any or all persons from certain areas of the United States for government defense.

Gentlemen's Agreement: A 1907-08 agreement between Japan and the United States to limit the immigration of Japanese laborers entering the United States.

"Go For Broke": Motto of the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT). The term was adopted from an old gambler's term, meaning "shoot the works" or to "go all out."

Issei: First generation immigrant Japanese.

Japanese American Citizens League: Formed by Nisei (second generation), the JACL is oldest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States.

Kibei: Second generation Japanese Americans educated in Japan.

Military Intelligence Service (MIS): Japanese Americans in the military that served as translators and interrogators.

Nikkei: Term used to describe a person of Japanese ancestry.

Nisei: Second generation, American born Japanese.

Sansei: Third generation, American born Japanese.

Nihonmachi: Literally, Japan-town.

Redress and Reparations: Movement to offer financial compensation or reparations to Japanese who were incarcerated or relocated during World War II.

Resettlement: The time period and the process that Japanese Americans went through following camp where they had to reestablish their homes, work, and community.

Sansei: Third generation, American born Japanese.

War Relocation Authority (WRA):The government body used to administer and manage the internment camps.

Yonsei: Fourth generation, American born Japanese.

100th Battalion: Army unit comprised of Japanese American volunteers from the Hawaiian National Guard.

442nd Regimental Combat Team: All Japanese army unit comprised of volunteers from the mainland U.S. and Hawaii that fought in Europe during World War II.

Retired grower, Eiichi Edward Sakauye giving the KTEH crew a tour of his farm equipment, which all survived WW II due to the diligence of their neighbors, the Seeley family. Sakauye donated this truck and other artifacts to the Japanese American Museum of San Jose — a tribute to the long vanished family farms of the Valley. KTEH