nisei

Noun

Meaning

a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

great-aunt 1.5-generation japanese brazilian 1.5-generation japanese canadian 1.5-generation japanese peruvian second-generation japanese american second-generation japanese argentine second-generation japanese brazilian second-generation japanese canadian second-generation japanese peruvian 1.5-generation japanese argentine 1.5-generation japanese australian 1.5-generation japanese british second-generation japanese australian second-generation japanese british 1.5 generation

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Hypernyms

american

Examples

After screening of “Honor & Sacrifice” and ““Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and the Nisei Soldiers of Hawai’i,” panel discussion will be held with local filmmakers Lucy Ostrander, Don Sellers, Joyce Yamane, and Karen Matsumoto. Source: Internet

Aging The kanreki (還暦), a traditional, pre-modern Japanese rite of passage to old age at 60, was sometimes celebrated by the Issei and is now being celebrated by increasing numbers of Nisei. Source: Internet

Boy Scouts at Granada War Relocation Center raising flag to half-mast during a Memorial Service for first six Nisei soldiers from this Center who were killed in action in Italy. Source: Internet

However, Japanese American leaders like Mike Masaoka and War Department officials like John J. McCloy soon began to push the Roosevelt administration to allow Nisei to serve in combat. Source: Internet

Because their number was relatively small, the Nisei WACs were not restricted to a segregated corps, but instead were spread out and served alongside other ethnic groups. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Nisbet Nisbett nisbite Nisenan nisey nish