niseiadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈniːseɪ/,

/ˈnɪseɪ/,

/nᵻˈseɪ/, U.S.

/niˈseɪ/,

/ˈniˌseɪ/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, niseis.

Forms: 1900s– ni sei, 1900s– ni-sei, 1900s– nisei, 1900s– nissei. Also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese nisei.

Etymology: < Japanese nisei second generation (20th cent. with reference to immigration; 11th cent. denoting a son who succeeds his father as heir) < ni two + -sei generation, both < Middle Chinese.

A. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating a person from North, Central, or South America whose parents were immigrants from Japan.

ΚΠ

1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 22 May 3/8 The report asserted that admission of alien Japanese wives for Nisei men would lead to ‘renewed importation of picture and Kankodan brides’.

1944 Social Forces Dec. 140/2 The Japanese community began to think in terms of leadership of the Nisei generation.

1977 Sociol. Q. 18 493 We achieved a 60.5 percent response rate for the Nisei, yielding a total Nisei sample of 2,304 respondents.

2009 MELUS Summer 201 Suyemoto, a well-known young poet in the West Coast circle of nisei writers.

B. n.

Such a person or group. Cf. nikkei n.¹, sansei n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin

American1648

African1700

High Dutch1773

Low Dutch1773

German-American1775

African American1782

Anglo-American1785

Irish-American1786

Africo-American1788

American African1826

Pennsylvania German1827

Pennsylvania Dutch1831

Afro-American1833

far-downer1834

Mexicano1847

knickerbocker1848

Chinese-American1854

Italian–American1873

Polish-American1876

Polacker1883

roundhead1895

hunk1896

Polack1898

Senegambian1900

bohunk1903

honky1904

hunyak1911

Turk1914

boho1920

Anglo1923

Euro-American1925

turkey1932

narrowback1933

nisei1934

roundheader1934

pachuco1943

pocho1944

Latino1946

Chicano1947

Mexican-American1948

Asian American1952

Amerasian1957

Chicana1966

Afrikan1972

Hispanic1972

1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 23 May 17/3 The report..referred to the growth of the Japanese-American Citizens League organized five years ago by 'Nisei', second generation Japanese.

1936 Fresno (Calif.) Bee Republican 29 Nov. 13/4 We Nisei are natives and citizens of the United States, and we must be prepared to assume full citizenship responsibilities.

1941 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 7 510 A large number of nisei, or second generation Japanese, have become acutely conscious that to rank as Canadians they must be ready and willing..to fight against Japan.

1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 608 The designation nisei..for Japanese of American birth was seldom heard, before Pearl Harbor, save on the Pacific Coast.

1961 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 530 Adding to the problem was the fact that rural Nisei had little opportunity to associate with Brazilians of other racial backgrounds outside of classroom hours.

1987 D. Suzuki Ancestors—Genetic Source in J. Borovilos Breaking Through (1990) 184 Most Issei never learned more than a rudimentary knowledge of English. Nisei, like my parents, are the second generation here and the first native-born group.

1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse xii. 480 The bartender was a Japanese-American woman, a Nisei, about forty, sprightly, flirtatious.

2008 M. W. MacWilliams Japanese Visual Culture 182 The participation of second-generation Japanese-Americans (nisei) on the American side [sc. in World War II].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nisei
释义	niseiadj.n. Brit. /ˈniːseɪ/, /ˈnɪseɪ/, /nᵻˈseɪ/, U.S. /niˈseɪ/, /ˈniˌseɪ/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, niseis. Forms: 1900s– ni sei, 1900s– ni-sei, 1900s– nisei, 1900s– nissei. Also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Japanese. Etymon: Japanese nisei. Etymology: < Japanese nisei second generation (20th cent. with reference to immigration; 11th cent. denoting a son who succeeds his father as heir) < ni two + -sei generation, both < Middle Chinese. A. adj. Of, relating to, or designating a person from North, Central, or South America whose parents were immigrants from Japan. ΚΠ 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 22 May 3/8 The report asserted that admission of alien Japanese wives for Nisei men would lead to ‘renewed importation of picture and Kankodan brides’. 1944 Social Forces Dec. 140/2 The Japanese community began to think in terms of leadership of the Nisei generation. 1977 Sociol. Q. 18 493 We achieved a 60.5 percent response rate for the Nisei, yielding a total Nisei sample of 2,304 respondents. 2009 MELUS Summer 201 Suyemoto, a well-known young poet in the West Coast circle of nisei writers. B. n. Such a person or group. Cf. nikkei n.¹, sansei n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > by country of origin American1648 African1700 High Dutch1773 Low Dutch1773 German-American1775 African American1782 Anglo-American1785 Irish-American1786 Africo-American1788 American African1826 Pennsylvania German1827 Pennsylvania Dutch1831 Afro-American1833 far-downer1834 Mexicano1847 knickerbocker1848 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1873 Polish-American1876 Polacker1883 roundhead1895 hunk1896 Polack1898 Senegambian1900 bohunk1903 honky1904 hunyak1911 Turk1914 boho1920 Anglo1923 Euro-American1925 turkey1932 narrowback1933 nisei1934 roundheader1934 pachuco1943 pocho1944 Latino1946 Chicano1947 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1952 Amerasian1957 Chicana1966 Afrikan1972 Hispanic1972 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 23 May 17/3 The report..referred to the growth of the Japanese-American Citizens League organized five years ago by 'Nisei', second generation Japanese. 1936 Fresno (Calif.) Bee Republican 29 Nov. 13/4 We Nisei are natives and citizens of the United States, and we must be prepared to assume full citizenship responsibilities. 1941 Canad. Jrnl. Econ. & Polit. Sci. 7 510 A large number of nisei, or second generation Japanese, have become acutely conscious that to rank as Canadians they must be ready and willing..to fight against Japan. 1945 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. Suppl. I. 608 The designation nisei..for Japanese of American birth was seldom heard, before Pearl Harbor, save on the Pacific Coast. 1961 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 41 530 Adding to the problem was the fact that rural Nisei had little opportunity to associate with Brazilians of other racial backgrounds outside of classroom hours. 1987 D. Suzuki Ancestors—Genetic Source in J. Borovilos Breaking Through (1990) 184 Most Issei never learned more than a rudimentary knowledge of English. Nisei, like my parents, are the second generation here and the first native-born group. 1999 W. L. Heat Moon River Horse xii. 480 The bartender was a Japanese-American woman, a Nisei, about forty, sprightly, flirtatious. 2008 M. W. MacWilliams Japanese Visual Culture 182 The participation of second-generation Japanese-Americans (nisei) on the American side [sc. in World War II]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1934
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