Issei
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Issei
- c. 1930s, term used among Japanese immigrants for first-generation immigrants, in Japanese, literally "first generation," related to ichi "one."
Example
- 1. She developed the symptoms " after confronting the wild behaviour of a few boys , " said imperial household agency official issei nomura .
- 2. ' Although it is difficult to forecast the scale and duration of boycotts in china , we think the risk of 50 % capacity utilization continuing for 12 months is already discounted in the share price , ' credit suisse analyst issei takahashi wrote .
- 3. In this semi-autobiography novel , sone portrays the dilemma of issei japanese and nisei japanese american when they confront cultural difference and racial discrimination in their daily lives .
- 4. " The public has made me the godfather of cannibalism , and I am happy about that . I will always look at the world through the eyes of a cannibal . " By issei sagawa