Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
ronin: Lordless samurai.
umeboshi: Pickled plum.
yamato damashi: The Japanese spirit; faithfulness to one's homeland, usually in reference to Japan.