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.