hiragana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a cursive style.
Isseis: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.
katakana: The Japanese alphabet, written with a square style.
kenjinkai: Association of people who came from the same prefecture in Japan.
Nikkei: A person of Japanese ancestry.
ofuro: Japanese-style hot bath.
sake: Japanese liquor; rice wine.
sumo: Japanese style wrestling.
yoshi: An adopted son; a son-in-law; a man who marries the eldest daughter in a family without sons and is adopted into her family to carry on the family name.