fukeiki: Depression, recession.
furoshiki: Wrapping cloth.
hiragana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a cursive style.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
judo: A form of Jujitsu developed as a sport and a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.
kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
katakana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a square style.
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.
koto: A Japanese harp or zither.
Nihongakko: Japanese language school.
Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
shikata ga nai: It can't be helped. There's nothing one can do.
yoshi: An adopted son; a son-in-law; a man who marries the eldest daughter in a family without sons and is adopted into her family to carry on the family name.
yuutousei: honor student.