Usually means: Third-generation Japanese-American descendant.
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  1. sansei: Merriam-Webster
  2. sansei: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Sansei: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sansei: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Sansei: Wordnik
  6. sansei: Wiktionary
  7. sansei: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Sansei: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. Sansei: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Sansei: Dictionary.com
  11. sansei: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Sansei: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Sansei: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. Sansei: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. sansei: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Sansei: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (sansei)

▸ noun:  A grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to the Americas.

Similar:
Sano, Saionji, Samejima, Sasaki, Yasui, Saito, Takei, Anzai, sakai, Amemiya, more...

Opposite:
issei, nisei, yonsei, gosei

Adjectives:
many, other, young, nisei, few, older, individual, female, third, generation, leftist
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Similar:
Sano, Saionji, Samejima, Sasaki, Yasui, Saito, Takei, Anzai, sakai, Amemiya, more...

Opposite:
issei, nisei, yonsei, gosei

Adjectives:
many, other, young, nisei, few, older, individual, female, third, generation, leftist



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