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GLOSSARY

The following words and phrases are non-English terms . Non-English is here defined as any lexical item not found in Webster 's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster Inc. , 1986) and all Hawaiian words.

The language family of each word or phrase is indicated by a letter or letters in parentheses:

(C) (H) (HCE) (J)

Chinese Hawaiian Hawai ' i Creole English Japanese

References for the definitions used in this glossary include: Jim Breen, WWWJDIC Japanese­English Dictionary Server (Monash University Site) <http://www.csse.monash.edu/au /-jwb/wwwjdic.html>; May Lee Chung; Margaret Leong Lau; and Dorothy Jim Luke, Traditions for Living, (Honolulu: Associated Chinese University Women, 1979); Koh Masuda, ed., Kenk:yilsha 's New Japanese-English Dictionary, 4th ed. (Tokyo: Kenkyiisha, Ltd., 1974); and Mary Pukui and Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, rev. and exp. ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1986)

The following definitions apply to the lexical items as they appear in the context of the transcript. An asterisk (*) indicates a definition supplied by a staff member or interviewee .

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aburage (J) fried bean curd aloha (H) love, affection,

compassion, mercy

benti5 (J) lunch, box lunch

chawan (J) rice bowl chojinkai (J) town association* chow fun (C) Chinese fried noodle and

vegetable dish* chumontori (J) traveling salesman, order

taker* cone sushi (HCE) seasoned rice stuffed in a

fried bean curd cone* crackseed (HCE) Chinese preserved seeds*

'Ewa (H) place name west of Honolulu, used as the west direction term

dojo (J) loach; slender freshwater fish

furoba (J) public bath; bathhouse

gakuseikai (J) student group*

hakujin (J) Caucasian Haole (H) Caucasian

jogakko (J) a girls' high school judo (J) Japanese art of self-defense

ken (J) a prefecture kenjinkai (J) an association of people from a

prefecture kiawe (H) Algaroba tree koden (J) a monetary offering to a departed

spirit konnyaku (J) paste of arum root kumiai (J) association, society, league

makai (H) toward the sea maki sushi (H) rolled vinegared rice mauka (H) toward the mountains miso (J) soy bean paste musubi (J) riceball

nigiri sushi (J) hand-rolled sushi nisei (J) second generation Japanese nori (J) toasted or green seaweed

omedeti5 gozaimasu (J) offer congratulations omiyage (J) souvenirs*

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'o 'opu (H) goby fish 'opae (H) general name for shrimp Oshi5gatsu (J) New Year

pau (H) finished, ended, through puka (H) hole

saimin (HCE) noodle soup* sake (J) a Japanese liquor made from

fermented rice -san (J) suffix denoting Mister, Miss, Mrs.,

Ms.* shi5gi (J) Japanese chess shi5yu (J) soy sauce shUshin (J) morals, ethics

takuan (J) pickled radish tanomoshi (J) mutual financing association tokoroten (J) gelidium jelly tsukemono (J) pickled vegetables

ume (J) pickled, salt plum

yagaku (J) night school

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'A'ala, 30 ABC Store, 7, 40, 88, 94, 98-99, 102-15,

118, 120, 121 Ackerman, 77 Affiliated Drugstores, 71, 88, 90, 91, 93,

95-96,99,123 Akagi, Mrs., 25 Akaka, Senator Daniel, 98 Ala Moana Shopping Center, 95, 99, 112 Ala W ai Golf Course, 49 Aloha Tower, 31 Amfac (American Factors, Ltd.), 7, 8, 19,

88,90 Aoki Store, 104 Aotani family, 81 Aotani Fountain, 81 Aotani grocery store, 81 Arkansas, 55, 58 Associated Buying Group, 88-89 Associated Oil Company, 7

Baba Store, 4, 11 Barnes Hospital (Barnes-Jewish Hospital),

51,56-57,59-60,62-63 Ben Franklin, 101 Ben Hayashi Contracting Company, 81 Benson Smith (&Co.), 14, 40, 55,68-78,

86-89 Bergen Brunswig, 90 Big Five, 7 Bishop Estate, 98, 101 Blaisdell, Lucille (Mrs. Neal), 32 Blaisdell, Neal, 32 Board of Health, (Hawai'i State), 119, 120 Board of Supervisors, (City and County of

Honolulu), 28 Bradley, Dr., 57

C.S. Wo & Sons, 95 California, 41-45, 48-50, 61, 73 Cary, Miles, 35 Central Intermediate School, 32 Central Pacific Bank, 119 Chamber of Commerce, 120 Chicago, 54, 61, 123 Children's Hospital, 59 Ching, Elsie (Mrs. Hung Wai), 32 Ching, Hung Wai, 33 Ching, Tommy, 97

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Chiyo Florist, 82 Chong, Mrs., 32 Chun, Dr. Dai Ho, 36 Chun Hoon Pharmacy, 87 Chuo Gakuin, 2 Crane, Charlie, 28-29 Crane, Ezra, 28-29 Crosby, Mrs., 25

Daily Pinion, 36 Dairymen's (Meadow Gold), 74 Dartmouth College, 122 Del-Monte, 6 DeMello, Adrian, 33 DeWitt, General John, 42 Dodge, Robert, 97 Dorsey, Mr., 35 Downtown (Honolulu), 5, 13, 30-31, 84-89,

92-94,98,101 Drugstore News, 88

Ehlke, Edmund, 77 Eli Lilly and Company, 80, 96 Emura, Dr. Ed, 56 Evergreen Coffee Shop, 82 Evergreen Fountain, 88

Fisherman's Wharf, 5 Fleming Companies, Inc., 107 Food Market Institute (FMI), 90 Foodland, 101 Fresno, 43, 48, 49 Fuji, Mr. , 12 Fukumoto, Japan, 3 Fukushima, Yasuyuki, 60, 97

Gainsley, Gloria Kosasa, 46, 116-17, 120-23 Gem Discount Department Stores, 79, 92-

100, 104 Goto, Baron, 2 Goto, Kenji, 119 Guam, 113

Hale PUlama Mau, 119 Hamai, Mr. , 52, 53 Hanauma Bay, 29 Harry ' s Music Store, 12 Harvey Mudd (College), 121 Hasegawa Beauty Salon, 82

Hasegawa, Captain, 82 Hashimoto, Gerald, 71, 72 Hata family, 18, 19,40 Hata, Ko, 19 Hawai 'i, 2, 3, 17, 42- 45, 49-52, 55-56, 63,

68-69,73,96-97,103,105,107,123 Hawai'i Kai, 101, 102 Hawai 'i Pharmaceutical Association, 71 Hawai 'i Visitors Bureau, 119, 120 Hawaiian Groceries, 107 Hawaiian Host (Candies), 79, 92, 93, 113 Hayashi, Harold, 106 Hemmeter, Chris, 103, 108 Hesselburg Prescription Pharmacies, 57-60,

62-63 Hickam Field, 77, 78 Hickam Village, 77, 78 Hiura, Tom, 51, 52 Hluboky,Frank,34 Hockley, Ms., 35 Hollister Drugs, 71, 72, 87 Honolulu Academy of Arts, 35, 36 Honolulu Soda Company (Honolulu Soda

Works), 8 Horii, Rev., 3 Hosaka, Mr., 80, 81 Hsia, Martin, 106

Ibaraki (Store), 104 Inouye, Senator Dan, 44, 119 International House, 42 International Marketplace, 114 Ishii, Dr. Albert, 56 lshizaki, Mr., 26 Island Insurance (Co., Ltd.), 39, 68, 115,

122 Island Tobacco Company (Pacific Tobacco

Inc.), 79, 97 !toga, Bert, 34

Japan, 1-6,9, 17,26, 31, 32, 76,110,119 Japanese American Citizens League

(JACL), 44, 45, 123 Japanese Cultural Center (Japan Town, San

Francisco), 68 Jemal Building, 85 Jemal, Norman, 84, 85 Johnson & Johnson, 80, 96 Johnson, Mrs., 67, 68

Kaimuki, 21, 28, 32, 79, 83, 92, 102, 103 Kaimuki Dry Goods, 81, 102

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Kaimuki Japanese School, 19 Kaimuki Kenjinkai, 18 Kaimuki Pharmacy, 80-88, 92, 93, 101, 102,

120 Kaimuki Shopping Center, 103 Kaimuki Y See Young Men's Christian

Association (YMCA), Wai'alae-Kahala Kaiser Estate, 101 Kajiwara, Gary, 119 Kama' aina Drugs, 106 Kamehameha Shopping Center, 98, 101 Kamida, Eddie, 76 Katz Drug (Kansas City), 96 Kawahara (Company), 13 Kawaiahao, Miss, 27 Kido, Saburo, 45 Kikuchi, Mr., 52, 53, 54 Kim Chow Shoes, 95 Kipapa, Mr., 25, 26 Kitsuwa, Chauncy, 18 Kitsuwa family, 18 Koko Marina Shopping Center, 101 Kometani, Dr. John, 83 Kometani, Katsumi, 45 Kosasa Foundation, 4 Kosasa Store. See M. Kosasa Grocery and

Butcher Kosasa, Dr. Thomas, 116, 117, 120 Kosasa, Gloria. See Gainsley, Gloria Kosasa Kosasa, Mary, 80 Kosasa, Minnie, 38, 39, 52-60, 64, 67, 68,

79, 103, 106, 117, 118, 121, 123 Kosasa, Mitsue Ito, 1-3, 12-15, 18, 20, 35,

36,39,122 Kosasa, Morita, 1-3, 12-14, 20, 35, 36, 80,

84, 122 Kosasa, Neil, 1, 12, 35, 38, 40, 42, 68, 80,

84, 122 Kosasa, Paul, 116-123 Kosasa, Sidney (interview), 1-123 Kosasa, Susan, 117, 120 Kuakini Foundation, 119 Kuakini Medical Center (Kuakini Hospital),

83, 119, 120 Kubota, Barney, 38 Kuli'ou'ou, 79 Kuwada family, 18, 19 Kuwada, George, 19, 20 Kuwahara, Mr., 37

Lam, Phillip, 71, 72 Las Vegas, 108, 113-18

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101-5 Love's Bakery, 5 Lowell High School (California), 46, 47 Lum, Kenneth, 106

M. Kosasa and Sons, 80 M. Kosasa Grocery and Butcher (M. Kosasa

Sh6ten), 3, 7, 68, 76, 77 Mcinerny, 12 McKesson( -Langley-Michaels), 69-73, 84,

88,90,97,105 McKinley High School, 34-36 Mainland, 44, 48, 49, 51, 85-90, 96, 97, 99,

104-7, 115, 123 Marks Garage, 92 Marumoto, Masaji, 106 Masaoka, Mike, 45 Massanari, Max, 76, 91 Matson, 39, 50 Matsuno, Taichi, 13 Maui, 113 Medical Arts Building, 57, 60, 83-85, 88,

93,98 Mexico, 96 Meyers, Mr., 71 Miami (Florida), 103 Michael Reese Hospital, 51 Mid-Pacific Drug Co., 77-80 Midwest, 63 Mister K Liquor and Sundries Shops, 114,

115 Miyamoto, Masao, 28, 29 Miyata Store, 8 MNS, Limited, 80, 84, 99 Mochizuki, Yoshi, 42, 43, 46, 48, 49, 56 Mo'ili'ili, 5, 32 Mo'ili'ili (Market, Ltd.), 8 Mueller, Mr., 60, 63 Mueller, Mrs., 57, 59, 60, 63 Murashige family, 4, 5, 18 Murashige shop, 11

Nagata, Ernest, 43 Nakahara, John, 37 Nakamura, Eddie, 19 Nakasone, Dr. Nobuyuki, 83 Nanakuli, 4

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Narahara family, 7, 18 Neff, Aaron, 33 New York, 88, 89, 96 Nikaido, Gilbert, 85 Nu'uanu Congregational Church, 2, 3, 14, 122

Ogawa, Mr., 52, 54 Oka, Alice, 57 Okimoto, Harold, 79, 97 Okumura, Takie, 3 Ozasa, 1, 2

Palolo, 5, 13, 19-22, 2fr-28, 33, 36 Palolo Golf Course, 49 Palolo School, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Palolo Stream, 23 Palolo Valley, 1, 6, 7, 11, 12, 21, 23, 29 Pang, Larry, 104 Parke-Davis Drug Company, 72, 80, 96 Parkview Drug, 95, 96, 99 Payless Shoe Source, 80, 81, 102 Philip's Pharmacy, 72 Piggly Wiggly Supermarket, 74

Queen's Hospital, 57, 59 Quinn, Governor William F., 97, 98

Retail Merchants ofHawai'i, 119, 120 Rexall Drug, 73 Rosenwald, Joe, 89 Rothwell, Guy, 81 Ryugo family, 38, 39, 51, 52, 56, 61 Ryugo, Kiki, 38

Sacramento, 41, 50-52 Sacramento Junior College, 37, 38, 41 Saipan, 110, 113 Sakimoto, Dr. Richard, 60 San Francisco (California), 41-45, 49-52,

6fr-69 San Jose (California), 48 Sasaki, Dr., 37, 38 Satoh, Y oshiharu, 119 Seiseido Drugstore, 8, 71, 72 Shirokiya, 86 Sidko Sundries, 96, 99 Small, Phil, 96 St. Louis (Missouri), 51, 52, 55-64 Stanford University, 45 Stewart, Robert, 97 Stewart's Pharmacy, 14, 39, 71, 76, 78, 87,

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Straub Clinic and Hospital, 101 Sumida, Dorothy, 81 Sumner, George, 3

Takiguchi, Walter, 7 Takitani, Mamoru, 79 Tanforan, 41, 50 Tasaka, Masa, 119 Theo H. Davies (Company, Ltd.), 7, 8, 19,

88,90 Thrifty Drugs (Los Angeles), 76, 84, 91 Thrifty Drugs Store, 71, 84, 85, 91-93, 98-

102, 105, 106, 114 Downtown, 84, 88, 89, 94 Hawai 'i Kai, 84, 92 Kaimuki, 80, 85, 88 Kamehameha Shopping Center, 84,

92 Times Supermarket, 103 Tokioka, Bunji, 2 Tokioka family, 2, 68, 69 Tokioka, Lionel, 2 Tokioka, Masayuki, 2, 115 Tsuchiya, Dr., 60, 63 TuleLake Internment Camp, 49-59

Uesato, Bunkichi "Bunky", 38 Uesato, George, 38 Uesato, Masa, 38 United States, 96 University of California Dental School, 51 University of California, Berkeley, 35-38,

41-46,49,51,56 University of California, San Francisco

Hospital, 46 Medical Center, 44 School of Pharmacy, 41,44

University ofHawai'i at Manoa, 29, 36, 37, 38, 76, 121

University ofHawai'i Foundation, 119 University of Michigan, 46, 122 University of Southern California, 41, 45,

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Wai 'alae Avenue, 11, 21, 25, 28, 39, 80, 102 Wai 'alae, Kahala, 32, 38, 103 Waikiki, 2, 20, 25, 30, 37, 92, 98, 103-9,

113, 114, 120 Waikiki Beach Tower, 104 Waipahu, 30, 95

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Walerga Assembly Center, 50 Walgreen, 42, 66, 89, 123 Wal-Mart, 89, 90, 94 War Memorial, 30 Warner-Lambert, 80 Washington D.C., 99 Washington Intermediate, 32, 33, 34 Washington State, 50, 85 Washington University, 60

Dental School (St. Louis), 38, 51, 63 Medical School, 56

Watada, Mr., 13, 30 Watanabe, Dr. Tetsui, 57 West Palm Beach, 103, 123 Whitlow, Mr. J. Edwin, 85 Wong, Andrew, 27 Wong, Jack, 78 Wong, Mrs., 27 Wyoming, 55

Yamaguchi, 2 Yamasaki, Eddie, 75 Yogi, Charlie, 38 Yoshioka family, 40 Yoshioka, Harry Y., 12 Young Men's Christian Association

(YMCA), 29, 36,44 Central (Nu 'uanu YMCA), 29, 30 Wai'alae-Kahala (Kaimuki YMCA),

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An Oral History of

Sidney Kosasa

Center for Oral History • Social Science Research Institute

University of Hawai'i at Manoa

• February 2004

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