sansei

noun

1. A grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to the Americas.

   Born and brought tip mostly in South America, the United States (particularly Hawaii) and Canada, the nisei and sansei have Japanese features but often speak the language imperfectly, if at all. “If you don't speak Japanese well,” one sansei said ruefully, “it's better to he white.”

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 三世 (“third generation”), from 三 (san, “third”) + 世 (sei, “generation”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry sansei (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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