gaman: Patience, perseverance.

hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).

hapa: A Hawaiian term for a person of mixed ethnic parentage.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.

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

zaibatsu: Japan's family-controlled financial and industrial combines.