[ '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'.
[ '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. 2004