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.