furoshiki: Wrapping cloth.

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

jouhin: Elegant; dainty; refined.

kimono: A robe with wide sleeves and a sash, part of traditional costume of Japanese men and women.

koto: A Japanese harp or zither.

Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.

Obon: The summer Bon festival, a Buddhist festival, which honors ancestors.

samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.

sensei: A teacher.

shamisen: A Japanese instrument, similar to a banjo.

taiko: Japanese drums.