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Where does “nikkeijin” come from?

nikkeijin (English) comes from Japanese 日系人 — Japanese emigrant.

nikkeijin (English): A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not...

Definitions

  1. A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not...

Ancestry of “nikkeijin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日系人Japanese emigrant
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