bakufu: Japan's feudal government.

Buddahead(s): Hawaiian term for Japanese American(s) from Hawaii.

daimyo: A feudal lord.

hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).

hapa: A Hawaiian term for a person of mixed ethnic parentage.

iminoko: Literally, "children of immigrants."

inaka: Country; rural area.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.

kotonk: A Hawaiian derogatory term for Japanese Americans from the U.S. mainland.

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

nimotsu: Baggage, luggage.

Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans.

Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third generation Japanese Americans.

shogun: General, generalissimo.