Der er mange ordforrådsbetegnelser og hentydninger til stede i romanen Kira-Kira, som det vil være nyttigt for studerende at få vist. Disse vil hjælpe med den overordnede forståelse af bogen og en forståelse af tidsperioderne. Dette storyboard indeholder nøgleord sammen med definitioner og illustrationer.
Storyboard-Text
HATSU-YUME
KIRA-KIRA
LABOR UNION
(noun) "Hatsu-Yume” is Japanese for the first prophetic dream in the new year.
(adj.) The Japanese word for "glittery, shiny".
(noun) an organized association of workers, often in a trade or profession, formed to protect and further their rights and interests.
SODE BOSHI
KIRA KIRA Vocabulary
CHICKEN SEXER
THUG
"Make sure none of my workers get any crazy ideas about unionizing and asking for better conditions!"
(noun) the “kimono sleeve in the sky” is the constellation also called Orion.
(noun) A chicken sexer distinguishes the sex of chicks and other hatchlings. Chicken sexing is practiced mostly by large commercial hatcheries to separate female chicks or "pullets" from the males or "cockerels".
MALE
FEMALE
(noun) Thug is a term for a violent person that intimidates others. In the story, the owners of the poultry plant hire thugs to intimidate workers into not organizing a union.