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.