Associations to the word «Nisei»

Wiktionary

NISEI, noun. A person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan
NISEI, noun. An American or Canadian whose parents were Japanese immigrants

Dictionary definition

NISEI, noun. A person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats