furyou: Delinquency; getting involved with the wrong crowd.
hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
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.
Nihongo: Japanese language.
Nihonmachi: Japantown.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
odori: Dance; dancing.
shibai: Theatrical play or drama.
yakuza: A gangster; a good-for-nothing (fellow); a scoundrel.