azuki: Red beans.

Bon Odori: Buddhist summer festival of the dead, which honors ancestors.

Hinamatsuri: Girls' (or Dolls') Festival which is celebrated on March 3.

Issei(s): First-generation Japanese immigrant(s) in America.

kimono: A robe with wide sleeves and a sash, part of traditional costume of Japanese men and women.

mochitsuki: Rice cake making.

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

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

ofuro: Japanese-style hot bath.

sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.

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

shibai(s): Theatrical play(s) or drama(s).

tofuya: A shop which makes and sells tofu.

undokai: A field day, a sports day.

yoshi: An adopted son; a son-in-law; a man who marries the eldest daughter in a family without sons and is adopted into her family to carry on the family name.