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n. the fourth generation or great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants, particularly in North America and in Latin America.
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Yonsei may refer to;
- Yonsei (Japanese diaspora), descendants of Japanese emigrants
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Yonsei University, a private university in Seoul
- Severance Hospital, hospital affiliated with Yonsei University
- Yonsei Medical Journal, general medical journal
is a Japanese diasporic term used in countries, particularly in North America and in Latin America, to specify the great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants ( Issei). The children of Issei are Nisei (the second generation). Sansei are the third generation, and their offspring are Yonsei. For the majority of Yonsei in the Western hemisphere, their Issei ancestors emigrated from Japan between the 1880s and 1924.
The character and uniqueness of the Yonsei is recognized in its social history. The Yonsei are the subject of on-going academic research in the United States and Japan.
Usage examples of "yonsei".
The sansei and yonsei were all strange to Maya, but Diana much less than most-a bit private perhaps, but compared to her more exotic contemporaries, and the Zygote kids, welcomely ordinary.
But come on-you must want a bath and some food, and then if you could talk to some of the sansei and yonsei who have gone into hiding with us, that would be good for them.
Senzeni Na was in the hands of people who called themselves Booneans, though they were not associated with Jackie-they were issei, nisei, sansei, and yonsei, who had immediately named their mohole John Boone, and declared Thaumasia a "Dorsa Brevia Peaceful Neutral Place.
The sansei and yonsei were all strange to Maya, but Diana much less than most—a bit private perhaps, but compared to her more exotic contemporaries, and the Zygote kids, welcomely ordinary.
But come on—you must want a bath and some food, and then if you could talk to some of the sansei and yonsei who have gone into hiding with us, that would be good for them.
Senzeni Na was in the hands of people who called themselves Booneans, though they were not associated with Jackie—they were issei, nisei, sansei, and yonsei, who had immediately named their mohole John Boone, and declared Thaumasia a “Dorsa Brevia Peaceful Neutral Place.
Either way Maya found it intriguing, and in any case the young woman was one of the yonsei, a fourth-generation Martian, and as such interesting to Maya no matter what her ancestry.
Some natives were yonsei, fourth generation or younger, and very definitely children of Mars.