There were some 23,606 nisei of draft age in the camps. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
You know, issei is first generation, nisei is second generation. From Wordnik.com. [Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II] Reference
How many times have you read that “the US Government” interned the nisei?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama, knave or fool, latest edition] Reference
"I'm American, she's American nisei and her father was with the 442 in Italy an-". From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
"I'm American, she's American nisei and her father was with the 442 in Italy an —". From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
And from the mainland the Japanese from the internment camps, only 1,256 nisei volunteered. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
They say he speaks with a Tokyo accent and that he behaves like a nisei, a Japanese born abroad. From Wordnik.com. [The Japanese Corpse]
Nearly 10,000 Hawaiian nisei second generation Japanese-Americans volunteered and over 2,600 were accepted. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
A combination that would surely raise the eyebrows of any pre-nisei Japanese, but has somehow got both Jeni and I craving it. From Wordnik.com. [Shisen Ramen, Torrance - A Szechuan-Style Ramen Shop] Reference
The island boys were known as "buddhaheads" a pidgin English and Japanese term, buta-head, meaning "pig headed", and the nisei mainlanders were called "kotonks" or "stone head". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-08-01] Reference
In today's paper, Mr. Tanabe's grandson reflects on what the degree means to him and his generation: I am proud of the nisei — my grandfather's generation — who responded to the prejudice of internment with actions of strength and honor. From Wordnik.com. [A Link, and Life in Hawaii] Reference
While I think you are right to link it to the increase of nisei going into politics, but I'm wondering though I'm not sure how to go about finding a way to support it if there is a linkage between the usage of shibai among Okinawans and the rise of this term. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: POLITICAL SHIBAI.] Reference
At 52 he finally finds acclaim when he publishes a novel about issei and nisei in Hawaii. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
He'd like to get 50 more local nisei on tape, but says it's a struggle to get them to talk. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Like many of his contemporaries, Noboru Furuya was nisei, or a second-generation Japanese-American. From Wordnik.com. [Starbulletin Headlines] Reference
It pitted fragile inter-ethnic relationships and untested nisei leadership against the full weight of the United States government.asiapacificfilms. com. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Flight crew additions cause Hawaiian Airlines to grow employment 2.1%] Reference
Our children therefore are second generation immigrants and about 901st generation natives, which makes them thoroughly indigenous nisei, and so extremely interesting in many respects. From Wordnik.com. [PureLandMountain.com] Reference
He plans to combine the archival footage-which includes interviews as well as scenes of festivals and ceremonies-with new interviews with the nisei about their experiences during and after the war. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
Nippostrongylus kendo kyu nisei kesa-gatame kyudo No keyaki linked verse nogaku kiaki mai noh kibei maiko nori kiku makimono norimon Kikuchi mama-san norito kikumon mamushi noshi kikyo mana notan ki-mon matsu nunchakus kimono matsuri oban kimono sleeve matsuyama, adj. obang kin mebos obe kiri medaka obi kirigami Meiji odori kirimon menuki ofuro kirin metake o-goshi koan miai oiran mikado ojime sub mikan Okayama, adj. kobang Mikimoto Okazaki kobe, adj. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1] Reference
Stupak forgot the single most famous Executive Order - FDR’s order to intern the nisei. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s big FU to Bart Stupak, patsy extraordinaire] Reference
Secondly, no, I didn’t support the apology to interned Japanese Americans; however, I understood it as there were formerly interned nisei (sp?) still alive. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Hargrove extends an olive branch, lights it aflame, and beats an old black lady with it.] Reference
17. sacra quisquam fecise velet, -- nisei | pr (aetorem) urbanum adieset isque. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
21. bus | arfuise velent, nisei de pr (aetoris) urbani senatuosque sententiad. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
8. nus neve nominus Latini neve socium | quisquam, nisei pr (aetorem) urbanum adiesent, isque de senatuos sententiad, adiissent. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius] Reference
6086; 'nei quis in oppido quod eius municipi erit aedificium detegito neive demolito neive disturbato nisei quod non deterius restiturus erit nisei de senatus sententia. sei quis adversus ea faxit, quanti id aedificium fuerit, tantam pequniam municipio dare damnas esto eiusque pequniae quei volet petitio est.'. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient Town-Planning] Reference
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