bonsai: A potted dwarf tree.

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

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

Nikkeijinkai: An association of people of Japanese ancestry.

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

Obachan: Aunt; middle-aged lady.

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

shoyu: Soy sauce.

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.