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Nisei

//ˈniseɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
  2. 2
    One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.

    "Born and brought tip mostly in South America, the United States (particularly Hawaii) and Canada, the nisei and sansei have Japanese features but often speak the language imperfectly, if at all."

  3. 3
    a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (“second generation”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).

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