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.