gaijin: Foreigner.
gomen kudasai: Please excuse me.
Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
kanji: Chinese characters used in Japanese writing.
Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.
Nihonjin: Japanese person(s).
Nisei: American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second-generation Japanese Americans.
okoto: A Japanese harp or zither.
Shin Issei: New Issei; New immigrants from Japan who entered the U.S. after World War II.
Tennouheika: His Majesty, the Emperor of Japan.