hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

-ken: A prefecture.

Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).

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

Sansei(s): American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.

Yonsei(s): American born great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; fourth-generation Japanese American.