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Little interaction with parents
James Hirabayashi January 7, 2004
When you ask me about my connections with my parents, at first, you know, when …
Experiences in Japan and its influence
Pam Kaji November 4, 2003
I find myself having to be more flexible and also be more humble to ask …
Lack of language skills
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
At that time, I think Japan was still used to “Foreigners just cannot speak Japanese.” …
Acculturation
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Moving here, looking like a Japanese and not speaking it really felt strange. I think …
Japanese are more accustomed to foreigners
Jane Aiko Yamano September 3, 2003
Because we look Japanese, but we really didn’t know the Japanese customs, the Japanese language…the …
Difficulties understanding different Japanese dialects
Roy H. Matsumoto December 17 & 18, 2003
I am familiar with Hiroshima because everybody talked like that and I grew up with …
Teaching at the military language school during World War II
Richard Kosaki March 19, 2004
My Japanese was quite good in terms of writing and so forth. One of the …
Learning English upon discovering that family could not return to Peru
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
At that time, Peru wouldn't take us back. They didn't want to take us back …
Playing baseball along with American Nisei and Kibei
Art Shibayama October 26, 2003
And then the other thing is when we went to Seabrook, we made our own …
Her early life in Canada
Kimi Wakabayashi January 10, 2005
I*: So when you came to Saskatchewan, how did you feel? Well, I forget but …
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