Hana: A Japanese card game using playing cards with floral patterns, often a gambling game; also, nose; flower.
Hanamatsuri: Buddha's birthday festival, celebrated on April 8.
ika: Squid.
ikebana: Japanese-style flower arranging; the art of floral arrangement.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
kimono: A robe with wide sleeves and a sash, part of traditional costume of Japanese men and women.
koto: A Japanese harp or zither.
miso: Soybean paste, often used in Japanese cooking.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
odori: Dance; dancing.
samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.
Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.
Yonsei: American-born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth-generation Japanese American.