arigato: Thank you.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

-ken: Prefecture.

konnichi wa: Good afternoon.

kuro-chan: Derogatory term for an African American person. (kuro=black, chan=usually attached to child's name)

natto: Fermented soybeans.

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

Obasan: Aunt; middle-aged lady.

onigiri: Rice ball.

Sensei: A teacher.

tsukemono: Pickled vegetables.