Picture Bride uses many Japanese words in the book.
tatami: Japanese straw floor covering; text: If only she could see a famil8iar face, eat a meal without retching, walk on solid ground and stretch out at night on tatami mat instead of in a hard narrow bunk.(pg. 5)
tabi: Japanese socks with split toe; text: "My clothes are not right," she murmured, ticking her feet with their whit tabi and zori as far beneath the bench as she could. (pg. 14)
daika:Japanese white radish; text: There were sacks of reic, tubs of bean paste, bean curd cakes in vats of cold water, barrels of soy sauce and pickled daikon whose pungent smells filled the shop in spite of the wooden lids on their bins. (pg. 45)
disparage:to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; text: If Kiku had been in Japan, she would have served her elegant mealdemurring that she was a poor cook and disparaging her own efforts.(pg. 18)
reverently: marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence; text: There was some fifteen of them. their heads all bent reverently in prayer. (pg. 21)
spittoon: a bowl-shaped, usually metal vessel, often with a funnel-shaped cover, into which tobacco chewers periodically spit; text: They thought spittoons was used to wash faces. (pg. 38)
Chapter 1-7 (Amanda Perkins)
Picture Bride uses many Japanese words in the book.
tatami: Japanese straw floor covering; text: If only she could see a famil8iar face, eat a meal without retching, walk on solid ground and stretch out at night on tatami mat instead of in a hard narrow bunk.(pg. 5)
tabi: Japanese socks with split toe; text: "My clothes are not right," she murmured, ticking her feet with their whit tabi and zori as far beneath the bench as she could. (pg. 14)
tadaima: I'm home; text: "Tadaima! I'm home!" (pg. 17)
daika:Japanese white radish; text: There were sacks of reic, tubs of bean paste, bean curd cakes in vats of cold water, barrels of soy sauce and pickled daikon whose pungent smells filled the shop in spite of the wooden lids on their bins. (pg. 45)
disparage:to speak of in a slighting or disrespectful way; text: If Kiku had been in Japan, she would have served her elegant mealdemurring that she was a poor cook and disparaging her own efforts.(pg. 18)
reverently: marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence; text: There was some fifteen of them. their heads all bent reverently in prayer. (pg. 21)
spittoon: a bowl-shaped, usually metal vessel, often with a funnel-shaped cover, into which tobacco chewers periodically spit; text: They thought spittoons was used to wash faces. (pg. 38)