buch (department heads), 272

Buddhist(s), 15, 38, 54, 76, 106, 108, 223–225, 243, 250

buka (subordinates), 272

business(es), xix, 40, 43–44, 79, 89, 120, 137–138, 165–170, 172–173, 175, 177–178, 179, 180, 181, 190, 192, 196, 203–204, 212, 215–217, 220–224, 226, 263, 265, 269, 271–272, 278, 280–282, 286

businessman/businessmen, 36, 42–43, 46, 91, 110

butsudan (Buddhist altar), 223, 225

capitalism, 8–9, 224, 230

Catholic, 15, 111, 115–116, 166, 179, 180, 245, 250–251

Catholicism, 106–107, 116–117, 125

Chilean Nikkei. See Nikkei

China, xvii, 32, 36, 40–42, 44–45, 107, 239, 244

Chinese, 6–7, 13, 25, 27, 32, 34, 44, 154, 193, 242–247, 252, 256

culture, 245–246

descent, 242

ethnicity, 244

family, 44, 245, 247

food, 246

Indonesian(s), 245, 247, 250

Javanese, 247

language, 245–246

person. See Kara-bito and foreigner

society, 245

chnan (oldest son), 213, 217–218, 223

Christendom, 9

Christian(s), 33, 37–38, 54, 76, 105–109, 111–114, 128, 247, 250–252, 256

Christianity, 8, 76, 105–108, 126

chzai-in (Japanese salaried men who are sent abroad by their corporations), 21–22, 272, 283

civilians, 40–41

colonialism, 8

colony, 35, 109

Okinawa, 150

San Juan, 150

Commodore Perry, 34

commune, xvii, 14–15, 53–56, 58–81, 82, 82

community/communities, xv–xviii, xix, xxi, 4, 14, 31, 36, 42–43, 46, 53, 56, 62, 64–65, 68–70, 74–76, 78–79, 81, 91, 94, 99, 102, 106, 117, 121, 134–136, 141–144, 147, 150–153, 155–156, 157, 166–169, 171–173, 175, 179, 180, 180, 182, 182, 201, 213–214, 223, 230, 264–265, 269, 273, 275–276, 280–282

company/companies, xx, 22, 36–37, 54, 82, 91, 111, 165–168, 178, 180, 192, 194, 196, 198, 200, 204, 232, 264–271, 273, 274–276, 280–281, 284, 286, 286, 286, 287, 287