fuan: Uneasiness; uncertainty; anxiety.
gaman: Patience; perseverance; endurance.
hakujin: Caucasian(s), white(s).
Issei(s): First generation Japanese immigrant in America.
jochūsan: Maid, housemaid, domestic help.
Kokorokai: Name of a community organization
koto: A Japanese harp or zither.
Nichirenkai: Nichiren Church.
Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.
Nikkeijinkai: An association of people of Japanese ancestry.
Nisei(s): American born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese American.
Sansei(s): American born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third generation Japanese American.
shōyu: Soy sauce.
tanabata: The star festival, held on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, a holiday in which two stars are said to come together and meet.
tsukemono: Pickled vegetables.
Yonsei: American born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth generation Japanese American.