different between japan vs nisei

English

Etymology

From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???pæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

japan (countable and uncountable, plural japans)

1. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
2. Lacquerware.

Verb

japan (third-person singular simple present japans, present participle japanning, simple past and past participle japanned)

1. (transitive) To varnish with japan.

Translations

Swedish

Etymology

Japan +? -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja?p??n/

Noun

japan c

1. A person from Japan.

Declension

Related terms

• japanska

English

Etymology

From Japanese ?? (???, ?nisei), from ? (ni-, “second”) + ? (sei, “generation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nise?/

Noun

nisei (plural niseis or nisei)

1. an American or Canadian whose parents were Japanese immigrants
   • 1978, Gordon Hirabayashi, “Japanese Heritage, Canadian Experience,” in Harold Coward and Leslie S. Kawamura eds., Religion and Ethnicity, Waterloo, Ont.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, p 66:

     The Nisei, on the other hand, are more inclined to view the hyphenated Japanese Canadian identity with positive implications.

See also

• issei
• sansei
• yonsei

Japanese

Romanization

nisei

1. R?maji transcription of ???