Sansei

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San·sei

S0076100 (sän′sā′, sän-sā′)n. pl. Sansei or San·seis The US-born grandchild of Japanese immigrants to America.
[Japanese : san, three; see shamisen + sei, generation; see issei.]

sansei

(ˈsænseɪ) n (Anthropology & Ethnology) an American whose parents were Japanese immigrants

San•sei

(ˈsɑn seɪ, sɑnˈseɪ)

n., pl. -sei. (sometimes l.c.) a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to North America. Compare Issei, Kibei, Nisei. [1940–45; < Japanese: third generation, earlier san-seĩ < Middle Chinese]