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proper noun 
  1. a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
Etymology: second generation

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noun (nisei)
  1. an American whose parents were Japanese immigrants
  • 1999: Decrypts fly out of a line printer on the other end and are taken off to another hut where American , and some white men trained in Nipponese, translate them. " Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
Etymology: Japanese ää (ããã, nisei), from ä (ni-) "second" + ä (sei) "generation".

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