bachi: Divine punishment; retribution.
baishakunin: Go-between for arranged marriages; matchmaker.
bakarashii: Absurd.
hachimaki: A headband.
hiragana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a cursive style.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
katakana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a square style.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.
tabemashou: Let's eat.
yobiyose: Immigration of family for permanent residence; a person called over from Japan to U.S. to immigrate.