chugakko: Junior high school, middle school; lower secondary school.
gohan: White rice.
hakujin: Caucasian(s).
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
kanji(s): The Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese American.
Wakarimashita. Hai, wakarimashita: I understood, yes, I got it.
yatte kimasu: To come; to come along; to turn up.