banzai: Cheers; congratulations.
hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
nigiri: Hand-rolled sushi.
Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
sambasan: Midwife
samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.
shuuyoujo: Internment camp.