Daihichiko: School No.7.

dame, dame: No, don't do it; Stop!

furo: Japanese-style bath.

go: A Japanese game of strategy played with black and white stones on a board marked with many intersecting lines.

gohan: Rice, a meal.

hakujin(s): Caucasian(s), white people.

Issei(s): First-generation Japanese immigrant(s) in America.

judo: A form of Jujitsu developed as a sport and a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.

kendo: Japanese traditional fencing, in which a bamboo sword is used.

Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry, sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to U.S.

kokaido: Community hall.

naginata: A Japanese sword with a long wooden handle.

Nihongo: Japanese language.

Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.

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

sembei: Japanese rice cracker.

shikata ga nai: There is nothing we can do; it cannot be helped.

shogi: Japanese chess.