NISEI


Meaning of NISEI in English

[ 'ni:seɪ , ni:'seɪ ]

■ noun ( plural same or ~s ) N. Amer. an American or Canadian whose parents immigrated from Japan. Compare with issei and sansei .

Origin

1940s: from Japanese, lit. 'second generation'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.