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.