geta(s): Wooden sandal(s) with a thong.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrants in America.

ka: Or.

Kagoshima: A city and a prefecture in southern Japan.

konnyaku: A yam cake.

mochi: Japanese pounded rice cake, same as omochi. "o" is a prefix for polite form.

Nihonjin(s): Japanese person(s).

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

omochi kazari: New Year's Day decoration for rice cakes. A mandarin orange, kelp, dried squid, paper fan, paper lobster, etc. are placed around large pieces of rice cakes.

omochi: Japanese pounded rice cake, same as mochi.

oshogatsu: New Year's Day, the biggest holiday in Japan.