Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

-ken: A prefecture.

Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.

kotonk: A Hawaiian derogatory term for Japanese Americans from the U.S. mainland.

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

Nihonmachi: Japantown.

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

sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.

Shin-Issei: New Issei; New immigrants from Japan who entered the U.S. after World War II.