nikkeijin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 日系人.

Noun

nikkeijin (plural nikkeijins or nikkeijin)

  1. A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not resident in Japan.
    • 1973 October 4, Robert Trumbull, “Offspring of Japanese Settlers in U.S. Find Japan Frustrating”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 17 February 2022:
      The peculiar position of his group, according to Mr. Okimoto, is shown by the Japanese habit of referring to such persons as either nisei or nikkeijin —of Japanese descent—instead of calling them gaijin, that is, foreigners, or identifying them by nationality.

Japanese

Romanization

nikkeijin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of にっけいじん
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