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.