sansei
Noun
Meaning
sansei (plural sanseis or sansei)
A grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to the Americas.
Coordinate terms: issei, nisei, yonsei
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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 and a few Sansei.
Issei are born in Japan, their children born in the new country are referred to as Nisei (second generation), and their grandchildren are Sansei (third generation).
The Japanese-American and Japanese-Canadian communities have themselves distinguished their members with terms like Issei, Nisei, and Sansei which describe the first, second and third generation of immigrants.
Unlike other Nikkei communities in the world, these Britons do not identify themselves in such generational terms as Issei, Nisei, or Sansei.
In Japanese counting, "one, two, three, four" is "ichi, ni, san, yon" see Japanese numerals The children of at least one nisei parent are called Sansei.
The Issei, Nisei and Sansei generations reflect distinctly different attitudes to authority, gender, non- Japanese involvement, religious belief and practice, and other matters.