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.