is·sei 
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n. pl. issei or
is·seis A Japanese immigrant, especially one to the United States.
[Japanese : ichi, one, first (from Middle Chinese ʔjit (also the source of Mandarin yī, one), ultimately from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *it; akin to Burmese, ʔac) + sei, generation (from Middle Chinese ʂiaj`, generation, world; also the source of Mandarin shì).]