banzai: Cheers; congratulations.
Hoshidan: Informal name for pro-Japanese group in Tule Lake incarceration camp. Short for Sokuji Kikoku Hoshi Dan (Organization to Return Immediately to the Homeland to Serve).
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.
ofuro: Japanese-style hot bath.
shamisen: A Japanese instrument, similar to a banjo.