# Nisei

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #85,578

## Definitions
1. a person born outside of Japan of parents who were born in Japan

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 二世 (“second generation”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/nisei