"sansei" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sanseis [plural], sansei [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 三世 (“three generations”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|三世|t=three generations}} Japanese 三世 (“three generations”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|sansei}} sansei (plural sanseis or sansei)
  1. A grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to the Americas.
    Sense id: en-sansei-en-noun-RDkvJ~8X Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Born and brought tip mostly in South America, the United States (particularly Hawaii) and Canada, the nisei and sansei have Japanese features but often speak the language imperfectly, if at all. “If you don't speak Japanese well,” one sansei said ruefully, “it's better to he white.”",
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          "ref": "1978, Gordon Hirabayashi, “Japanese Heritage, Canadian Experience”, in Harold Coward, Leslie S. Kawamura, editors, Religion and Ethnicity, Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, page 66",
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          "ref": "1988 May 8, Marlise Simons, “Japanese Gone Brazilian: Unhurried Workaholics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "While hundreds of nisei and sansei are employed by Japanese giants like Sony, Mitsubishi and Honda, many more work with Brazilians as agronomists, artists, doctors, businessmen and engineers. Colleagues [c]all them “modest and respectful.”",
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