hakujin: Caucasian(s); white(s).

Issei: First-generation Japanese immigrant in America.

Kibei: American-born person of Japanese ancestry sent to Japan for formal education and socialization when young and later returned to the U.S.

nigiri: Hand-rolled sushi.

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

ofuro: Japanese-style hot bath.

Sansei: American-born grandchildren of Japanese immigrants; third-generation Japanese Americans.