Issei:First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
koseki: An extract of one's family register.
monku: Complain; grumble.
Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.
Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.