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Nisei
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Ni·sei  (n-s, ns)
n. pl. Nisei or Ni·seis
A person born to parents who emigrated from Japan.
[Japanese : ni, second (from Middle Chinese nyih, ri) + sei, generation; see issei.]
Nisei [ˈniːseɪ]
n
a native-born citizen of the United States or Canada whose parents were Japanese immigrants
[Japanese, literally: second generation]
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Noun1.Nisei - a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
American - a native or inhabitant of the United States
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``Just like there's no need for the Niseis or the Sanseis to go to Little Tokyo anymore because the facilities are everywhere -- same thing for the community center,'' said Jim Higashida, 78, a third-generation Japanese-American whose father was active in founding the center.
BRIDGING GENERATIONS JAPANESE-AMERICANS FIND WAY TO AID ELDERS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The Chicago Chapter of the Japanese American Citizen's League (JACL) was the first to encourage Sanseis to aspire to leadership positions in the 1970s; other chapters of this national organization reserved those positions for the Niseis (second generation Japanese Americans).
Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association--A History of APALA and ... by YAMASHITA, KENNETH A. / Library Trends
 
 
 
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