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单词 issei
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Definition of issei in English:

issei

nounˈiːseɪˈēsā
North American
  • A Japanese immigrant to North America.

    Compare with nisei and sansei
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's been almost 100 years since the issei, or first-generation Japanese Americans, moved to Bainbridge, and today there are several ways to experience their heritage.
    • The Japanese form of primogeniture dictated, for the issei generation of women, that the transfer of familial power and property was from husband to first-born son.
    • Many critics have observed that Yamamoto is not unsympathetic to the plight of issei men.

Origin

Japanese, literally 'generation'.

 
 

Definition of issei in US English:

issei

nounˈēsā
North American
  • A Japanese immigrant to North America.

    Compare with nisei and sansei
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Many critics have observed that Yamamoto is not unsympathetic to the plight of issei men.
    • It's been almost 100 years since the issei, or first-generation Japanese Americans, moved to Bainbridge, and today there are several ways to experience their heritage.
    • The Japanese form of primogeniture dictated, for the issei generation of women, that the transfer of familial power and property was from husband to first-born son.

Origin

Japanese, literally ‘generation’.

 
 
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