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.