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Issei
is a
Japanese language
term used in countries in
North America
and
South America
to specify the
Japanese people
who were first to
immigrate
. Issei are born in Japan, their children born in the new country are referred to as
Nisei
(second generation), and their grandchildren are
Sansei
(third generation). All of them come from the numbers "one, two, three" in the
Japanese language
, as
Japanese numerals
are "ichi, ni, san."
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