haole: A Hawaiian slang term for Caucasians.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

ken: A prefecture.

mamagoto: Playing house.

musubi: Rice ball.

Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.

obaachan: Grandmother, elderly lady.

ojiichan: Grandfather.

otokorashii: Manly.

Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.

sensei: A teacher.

wagashiya: Japanese-style confectionary store.