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.
otonashii: obedient; docile.
sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.
shakuhachi: Five-holed bamboo wind instrument.
shamisen: A Japanese instrument, similar to a banjo.