daikon: Japanese radish.

geta: Japanese wooden sandals.

Hana: A Japanese card game using playing cards with floral patterns, often a gambling game; also, nose; flower.

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.

kimono: A robe with wide sleeves and a sash, part of traditional costume of Japanese men and women.

nasubi: Eggplant.

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

obaachan: Grandmother, elderly lady.

obi: Kimono sash.

ojiisan: Grandfather.

ondo: Leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes.

onigiri: Rice ball.

samurai: Japanese warrior or military class during feudal times in Japan.