nisei
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3ADJ.
other, white
NISEI + NOUN
sansei
PREP.
on
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noun
a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
noun
One whose parents were Japanese immigrants, especially to North or South America.
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.
The Nisei, on the other hand, are more inclined to view the hyphenated Japanese Canadian identity with positive implications.
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3Born 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.
WiktionaryThe Nisei, on the other hand, are more inclined to view the hyphenated Japanese Canadian identity with positive implications.
WiktionaryDecrypts fly out of a line printer on the other end and are taken off to another hut where American nisei, and some white men trained in Nipponese, translate them.
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