banzai: Cheers; congratulations.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
judo: A form of Jujitsu developed as a sport and a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.
kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
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.
tatami: Straw mat widely used as flooring in Japan.