banzai: Cheers; congratulations.
haji: Disgrace, shame.
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.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.
sosho: Lawsuit.