"nisei" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈniseɪ/ Forms: niseis [plural], nisei [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 二世 (にせい, nisei), from 二 (ni-, “second”) + 世 (sei, “generation”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{l|ja|二世}} 二世, {{lang|ja|にせい}} にせい, {{lang|ja|nisei|sc=Latn}} nisei, {{ja-l/helper|二世|にせい|nisei}} 二世 (にせい, nisei), {{ja-l|二世|にせい|nisei}} 二世 (にせい, nisei), {{m|ja|二|t=second|tr=ni-}} 二 (ni-, “second”), {{m|ja|世|t=generation|tr=sei}} 世 (sei, “generation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nisei}} nisei (plural niseis or nisei)
  1. One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} nisei
  1. Rōmaji transcription of にせい Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: にせい

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for nisei meaning in All languages combined (3.7kB)

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