nikkei
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Japanese 日系 (Nikkei にっけい), from Middle Chinese 日 (nyit "Sun", "Japan") + 系 (ɣèj "descendants").
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nikkei (plural nikkeis or nikkei)
- A Japanese emigrant or a descendant thereof who is not a citizen of Japan. Commonly used in Japan to refer to people of Japanese ancestry that are living abroad as citizens of other countries.
- Abbreviation of Nikkei index.
Translations[edit]
a person or people of the Japanese diaspora
See also[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
nikkei
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
nikkei m or f by sense (plural nikkeis)
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