amakuchi: Sweet flavor.
chanto: Perfectly; properly.
daikon: Japanese radish.
daimyo: A feudal lord.
furo: Japanese-style hot bath.
genki: Healthy.
gobo: Burdock root.
goh: A Japanese game of strategy played with black and white stones on a board marked with many intersecting lines.
hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
honke: Head (family) house.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
jintori: A type of war game: set up camps for both sides, and try to capture enemies in order to enlarge territory.
joururi: Type of dramatic recitation accompanied by shamisen.
kaji: Housework; domestic chores.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
kifu: Donation; contribution.
kimono:
koinobori: Carp banner.
koto: A robe with wide sleeves and a sash, part of traditional costume of Japanese men and women.
kusuri: Medicine.
mamagoto: Playing house.
matsutake: Pine mushroom.
mochi: Japanese rice cake.
mochitsuki: Rice cake making.
Nihon gakkou: Japanese language school.
Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).
Nihonmachi: Japantown.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
obaachan: Grandmother.
odori: Dance; dancing.
samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.
Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.
sensu: Folding fan.
shoyu: A village headman.
soba: Japanese buckwheat noodle.
somen: Fine white noodles.
yamato damashii: The Japanese spirit; faithfulness to one's homeland, usually in reference to Japan.
yamato nadeshiko: Woman who displays the feminine virtues of old Japan.