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.