saboteur Government officials fear that Japanese Americans will revive loyalties to Japan and hinder the United States' war effort through violent or destructive acts, such as blowing up dams or power plants or destroying planes or ships.
sake (sah' kee) Japanese rice wine.
samisen a three-string Japanese banjo.
Samurai a member of a warrior class one grade lower than nobility, whose ancestry dates to feudal Japan.
succulents fleshy, juice-filled plants, sometimes called "living stones."
swagger stick a metal-tipped baton carried by military officers as a symbol of authority.
tatami mats traditional woven straw mats used as area rugs.
Terminal Island a coastal ghetto extending from Long beach and dominated by French's and Van Camp's canneries. The outer edge of Terminal Island houses the Long Beach Naval Shipyard.
this is usually just another form of invisibility that is, seeing the female body as a sex object rather than the outer representation of a human individual.
Ty Cobb A famed outfielder and base stealer for the Detroit Tigers from 1905 to 1926, he was the first baseball star honored at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
