akirameru: Accept; resign oneself to (one's fate).
Bon Odori: Buddhist summer festival of the dead, which honors ancestors.
butsudan: A household, family Buddhist altar.
(o)furo: Japanese-style hot bath.
gaman: Bear it; exercise patience; endure; persevere.
go: A Japanese game of strategy, played with black and white stones on a board marked with many intersecting lines.
hachimaki: A headband.
happi: A short, lightweight coat worn with a narrow sash over regular clothes; a workman's coat.
issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America..
judo: A form of Jujitsu developed as a sport and a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.
katakana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a square style.
kendo: Japanese traditional fencing, in which a bamboo sword is used.
keto: A Hawaiian slang, derogatory term for a Caucasian.
mochi: Japanese pounded rice cake.
nenbutsu: A Buddhist invocation; a prayer to Amitabha.
Nihongo: Japanese language.
Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).
Nihonmachi: Japantown.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
obutsudan: Respectful way of referring to the household, family Buddhist altar.
sake: Rice wine; liquor; alcoholic drink.
shibai(s): Dramatic theatrical performance(s); play(s).
shigin: Guttural singing of a ballad; recitation or chanting of a Chinese poem.
shikata ga nai: It can't be helped.
sho ga nai: It can't be helped (shortened form of shikata ga nai)
shogi: Japanese chess.
sumo: Japanese style wrestling.
tsukemono: Pickles; pickled or salted vegetables.