bento: Boxed lunch.

butsudan: A household family Buddhist altar.

judo: A form of Jujitsu developed as a sport and a means of self-defense without the use of weapons.

kendo: Japanese traditional fencing, in which a bamboo sword is used.

koi:Carp.

miso shiru: Soup made from soybean paste.

mochitsuki: Rice cake making.

ningyo: Doll.

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

ofuro: Japanese-style hot bath.

onsen: Spa; hot spring.

ryokan: An inn.

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

shoji: A translucent sliding panel of rice paper on a wooden frame, used in Japanese homes as a partition or door.

soba: Japanese buckwheat noodle.

soroban: Abacus; calculator.

tatami: Straw mat widely used as flooring in Japan.