hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).
inaka: Country; rural area.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
-ken: A prefecture.
kendo: Japanese traditional fencing, in which a bamboo sword is used.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
-meshi: Meals; food.
musubi: Rice ball.
Neesan: Older sister.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
sumo: Japanese style wrestling.
teriyaki: Meat or fish marinated in soy sauce and broiled.