| Aioi Bridge | 相生橋 | Bridge in Hiroshima & target of atomic Bomb on August 6 1945 |
| Allied Occupation | 日本占領 | Allied Powers occupied & reformed Japan after the Japanese Empire’s defeat in World War II. Japan was allied with Nazi Germany & Fascist Italy during World War II |
| Article 9 | 憲法9条 | Article 9 of Japan’s postwar constitution renounces offensive war |
| Atomic Bomb Poetry Collection | 原爆詩集 | Book of Tōge Sankichi’s poems, Illustrated by Shikoku Gorō |
| Asia Pacific War | アジア太平洋戦争 | Japanese Empire’s wars from 1931 to 1945 in Asian continent & Pacific. Japan entered World War II as an Axis power in Dec, 1941. |
| cenotaph | 慰霊塔 | memorial to the war dead |
| genbaku | 原爆 | atom bomb, nuclear weapon used by US Military in August 1945 Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| Genbaku Dome | 原爆ドーム | Atom bomb dome in Hiroshima Peace Park Ruins of Industrial Promotion Hall |
| genbaku slum | 原爆スラム | Neighborhood of wooden huts built by Hiroshima residents along river banks soon after bombing. |
| hibakusha | 被爆者 | atom bomb survivor, hibakusha |
| Hiroshima | 広島 | City in western Honshu, Japan. Other spellings ：ひろしま、ヒロシマ |
| Hiroshima Peace Park | 平和公園 | Large park in central Hiroshima with memorials to the dead, museums, cenotaph and survivor trees. |
| hypocenter | 爆心地 | site of the midair detonation of atom bomb |
| kamishibai | 紙芝居 | Storytelling with picture |
| Jizō | 地蔵 | Stone icons, guardians of children |
| Kiuchi Midori | 木内みどり | Actress, peace activist |
| Maruki Toshi & Iri | 丸木敏＆丸木位里 | Painters famous for their Atom Bomb Panels (原爆の図) |
| Nuclear arms race | 核開発競争 | Cold War competition between US & USSR to develop & stockpile nuclear weapons |
| nuclear weapons | 核兵器 | explosive devices using nuclear power to destroy with heat, blast, & toxic levels of radioactivity, threatening human survival & the environment |
| Numata Yōichi | 沼田曜一 | Actor & storyteller who adapted the Angry Jizo text for the picture book |
| Peace education | 平和教育 | Educational approach widespread In postwar Japan. Refutes war. |
| Rivers | 『河』 | Play about Our Poems circle by Tsuchiya Kiyoshi 土屋清. Revived by Tsuchiya Tokiko & others |
| Shikoku Gorō | 四國五郎 | Artist, activist based in Hiroshima (1924-2014) |
| Siberian internment | シベリア抑留 | With Japan’s defeat in WWII, the Soviet Union interned Japanese military personnel in Siberia from late 1945 to about 1949 |
| Tōge Sankichi | 峠三吉 | Renowned poet, activist, leader of Our Poems group in Hiroshima |
| Tōrō nagashi | 灯籠流し | lantern festival |
| Warera no uta | われらの詩 | Our Poems journal; name of poetry circle |
| Yamaguchi Yūko | 山口勇子 | Well-known author of children’s & YA books |
