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nisei::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | american |
Examples of nisei
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They may not return with a nisei visa even after the Japanese economy recovers.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Business flourished as American nisei grew up and started their own families.
From the sacbee.com
Second and third generation Peruvians are referred to as nisei and sansei in Japanese.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Inouye joined the new 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the first all-nisei volunteer unit.
From the nytimes.com
In huge numbers, the younger nisei volunteered for military service.
From the time.com
Nisei and Sansei generally do not identify themselves as fully Japanese, but as Canadians first, who happen to be of Japanese ancestry.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They were, and are, nisei, second-generation Japanese-Americans who in World War II fought tenaciously for the very country that had interned them and their family members.
From the kentucky.com
- A person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
- Nisei (second generation) is a Japanese language term used in countries in North America, South America and Australia to specify the children born to Japanese people in the new country. ...
- "Nisei" is the ninth episode of the third season of television series The X-Files.
- American-born children of Japanese immigrants; second generation Japanese Americans. Most mainland nisei were born between 1915 and 1935; in Hawaii, large numbers were born about a decade earlier. Many nisei share a common background. ...
- The second generation of Japanese Americans. U.S. citizens by birth (as opposed to their Issei parents who were not allowed to be naturalized).
- Second generation Japanese-American.
