kibei

noun

ki·​bei

(ˈ)kē¦bā

plural kibei also kibeis

often capitalized

: a son or daughter of issei parents who is born in America and especially in the U.S. and educated largely in Japan

—distinguished from nisei compare sansei

Word History

Etymology

Japanese

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