*Glossary*
C=Chinese, J=Japanese, P=Pidgin-English. The Chinese substitute _l_ for_r_, and add the terminations _-ee_, _-um_, and _--lo_ to many words.
_allo_ (P), all, every.
_banzai_ (J), lit. "ten thousand years!", an exclamation in salutationof the emperor, equivalent to _Vive le roi_!
_belongey_ (P), often equivalent simply to the verb _to be_.
_bimeby_ (P), by and by, afterwards.
_bobbely_ (P), noise, uproar.
_bottom-side_ (P), down, below.
_catchee_ (P), to get, have.
_ch'hoy_ (P), an exclamation.
_cham-tow_ (C), to cut off the head, execute.
_chop-chop_ (P), quickly.
_chow-chow_ (P), food.
_daimio_ (J), a feudal and military chief whose income exceeded 10,000_koku_ of rice(_koku_=5.13 bushels).
_-ee_, a pidgin-English termination.
_first-chop_ (P), best, excellently.
_galaw_ (P), a common exclamation.
_geisha_ (J), a dancing and singing girl.
_hai_ (J), an exclamation used in answering.
_ha-loy_ (P), come down.
_hara-kiri_ (J), suicide by cutting open the abdomen.
_hayo_ (J), early: _o hayo_, good-morning.
_he_ (P), he, she, it, they, him, her.
_iniside_ (P), within, in.
_joss_ (P), god.
_joss-house_ (P), temple.
_joss-pidgin-man_ (P), priest.
_kimono_ (J), long outer garment.
_komban_ (J), good-evening.
_koto_ (J), a kind of lyre.
_kow-tow_ (P), to bow humbly.
_li_ (C), a Chinese mile: 250 _li_ make 1 degree.
_littee_ (P), little.
_look-see_ (P), look, examine.
_makura_ (J), a rest for the head.
_meshi_ (J), boiled rice.
_muchee_ (P), very.
_musume_ (J), girl, young lady.
_my_ (P), I, me, my, mine.
_no can do_ (P), cannot.
_numpa_ (P), number: _numpa one_, first-rate.
_o_ (J), an honorific prefix used in addressing or speaking respectfullyof a person: _o hayo_, good-morning.
_obe_ (J), a long sash worn round the waist.
_one-tim'_ (P), once.
_pan_ (J), bread: _pan taberu daro_, I want something to eat.
_pidgin_ (P), business: _pidgin-English_, English as spoken by Chineseat the ports.
_pidgy_ (P), busy.
_piecee_ (P), used with numerals: _one piecee man_=a or one man.
_plopa_ (P), proper: _allo plopa_, all right.
_sake_ (J), a fermented rice-beer.
_sampan_ (C), a Chinese punt.
_samurai_ (J), lit. one who serves the emperor; a member of the militaryclass formerly privileged to wear two swords.
_san_ (J), a title used with names.
_sassy_ (P), saucy, proud.
_savvy_ (P), know, understand.
_sayonara_ (J), good-bye.
_shogun_ (J), commander-in-chief; the title of the ruler who for severalcenturies supplanted the Mikado.
_side_ (P), place, direction: _this-side_, here; _that-side_, there;_what-side_, where.
_so-fashion_ (P), in that way.
_tabemono_ (J), a gift of food.
_taberu_ (J), I shall eat.
_tadaima_ (J), presently, at once.
_that-side_ (P), there.
_that-tim'_ (P), then.
_this-side_ (P), here, hither.
_tim'_ (P), time.
_topside_ (P), above, superior.
_topside-pidgin-man_ (P), missionary.
_uma_ (J), horse.
_wa_ (J), a particle.
_wailo_ (P), away, to go away, run away.
_wantchee_ (P), to want.
_what-for_ (P), why.
_what-side_ (P), where.
_what-tim'_ (P), when.
_yen_ (J), dollar.
_yinkelis_ (P), English.
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