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.