bungotai: Literary style; classical style.
gambare: Persist; insist on.
girigatai: Possessed of a strong sense of duty.
hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
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.
kanyaku imin: Japanese immigrants to Hawaii.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
kougotai: Colloquial style.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.
sukiyaki: A Japanese dish of thinly sliced meat, onions, and other vegetables cooked quickly, often at table, with soy sauce, sake, sugar, etc.
yamato damashii: The Japanese spirit; faithfulness to one's homeland, usually in reference to Japan.
Yonsei: American-born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth-generation Japanese American.
Gosei: American born great-great grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fifth generation Japanese Americans.