二世

Chinese
two
 
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad.
(二世)		 二 世

Pronunciation

Noun

二世

  1. second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
  2. the second (kings of the same name)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
二 世
に
Grade: 1		 せい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

二世 (hiragana にせい, rōmaji nisei)

  1. second generation, foreigner of Japanese parentage
  2. junior
  3. two existences, the present and the future
  4. the second (king of the same name)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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