gaman: Patience, perseverance.

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

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.

koden: A monetary offering to a departed spirit, a condolence gift, money given in honor of the memory of one who has died.

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

ohayo: Good morning.

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

sensei: A Japanese rice cracker.