plural sansei
often capitalized
: a son or daughter of nisei parents who is born and educated in America and especially in the U.S.
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Its permanent collection, reinstalled after a recent move, will be complemented by this traveling exhibition of eight sansei, or third generation Japanese American, artists.
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Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
Many of the performers in the ensemble, on the other hand, were sansei, and had not learned about Japanese-American incarceration or Japanese culture because their parents wanted them to grow up as American as possible, Kashiwagi said.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2017
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Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022
Many of the performers in the ensemble, on the other hand, were sansei, and had not learned about Japanese-American incarceration or Japanese culture because their parents wanted them to grow up as American as possible, Kashiwagi said.
—NBC News, 6 Oct. 2017
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“Sansei.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sansei. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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