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kibei definition

☆ ki·bei (kē′bā′)

noun pl. kibei -·bei′ or kibeis -·beis′

a native U.S. citizen born of immigrant Japanese parents but educated largely in Japan

Etymology: Jpn < SinoJpn ki, return + bei, America, U.S.A.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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