SANSEI


Meaning of SANSEI in English

[ 'sanseɪ ]

■ noun ( plural same) N. Amer. an American or Canadian whose grandparents immigrated from Japan. Compare with nisei and issei .

Origin

1940s: Japanese, from san 'third' + sei 'generation'.

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.