bakatare: Fool; idiot.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

kamikaze: Literally "divine wind," refers to suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan during World War II.

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

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.

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

sensei: A teacher.