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.