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noun
a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: American
History
Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (“second generation”).
Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).
