"nikkei" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈniːkeɪ/, /ˈnɪkeɪ/ Forms: nikkeis [plural], nikkei [plural]
enPR: nēʹkā Etymology: Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), from Middle Chinese 日 (nyit "Sun", "Japan") + 系 (ɣèj "descendants"). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|日系|tr=Nikkei にっけい}} Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), {{uder|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese Head templates: {{en-noun|s|nikkei}} nikkei (plural nikkeis or nikkei)
  1. A Japanese emigrant or a descendant thereof who is not a citizen of Japan. Commonly used in Japan to refer to people of Japanese ancestry that are living abroad as citizens of other countries. Categories (place): Japan Translations (a person or people of the Japanese diaspora): 日僑 (Chinese Mandarin), 日侨 (Rìqiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), 日系 (Nikkei) (alt: にっけい) (Japanese), 日系人 (Nikkeijin) (alt: にっけいじん) (Japanese), 니케이 (Nikei) (Korean), 닛케이 (Nitkei) (Korean), 닛케이진 (Nitkeijin) (Korean), никкэ́й (nikkɛ́j) [feminine, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-nikkei-en-noun-cPCo-jTJ Disambiguation of Japan: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'a person or people of the Japanese diaspora': 95 5
  2. Abbreviation of Nikkei index. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Nikkei index
    Sense id: en-nikkei-en-noun-XV1IEKDn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nikkeijin

Inflected forms

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