nisei

is a Japanese-language term used in countries in North America and South America to specify the ethnically Japanese children born in the new country to Japanese-born immigrants, or . The , or second generation, in turn are the parents of the , or third generation. These Japanese-language terms derive from , "one, two, three", the ordinal numbers used with sei (see Japanese numerals). Though nisei means "second-generation immigrant", it more specifically often refers to the children of the initial diaspora, occurring during the period of the Empire of Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and overlapping in the U.S. with the G.I. and silent generations.

==History== [[File:Affiche émigration JP au BR-déb. XXe s..jpg|thumb|right|A poster used in Japan to attract immigrants to Brazil. It reads: "Let's go to South America [Brazil highlighted] with your entire family."]]