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.