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Kibei

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Ki·bei  (k-b)
n. pl. Kibei or Ki·beis
A person born in the United States of Japanese immigrant parents and educated chiefly in Japan.
[Japanese, to go home, return to America, Kibei : ki, return (from Middle Chinese kuj) + bei, rice, America (from Middle Chinese mej, rice).]
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