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.