日系

にっけい

Meanings

1. Noun prefix (of) Japanese descent
2. Noun non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin See also: 日系人 (にっけいじん).
3. company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

Kanji

• 日 day. Read as ニチ.
• 系 system. Read as ケイ.

Example sentences

• 第２次世界大戦中にたくさんの日系アメリカ人は強制収容所に送られました。
  Many Japanese-Americans were sent off to concentration camps during World War II.
• 日系アメリカ人です。
  I'm Japanese-American.

Words containing 日系

• 日系企業 (にっけいきぎょう) Japanese company active abroad
• 日系人 (にっけいじん) non-Japanese of Japanese descent
• 日系米人 (にっけいべいじん) American of Japanese descent

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