Kibei

American  

[kee-bay] / ˈkiˈbeɪ /

Or kibei

noun

• Kibei
  plural

1. a person of Japanese descent, born in the U.S. but educated in Japan.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Kibei
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of Kibei

From Japanese

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Kibei

He, my father, and my mother were Kibei, which meant they were born in the United States but were sent to Japan for their education.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

Let Kibei San deign to follow in the footsteps of Kwaiba.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

Fortunately Kwaiba and Kibei have got into a dispute over the merits of Heinai and Shōsetsu as fencing masters; both of them dead as the long ago quarrels of the Toyotomi and Tokugawa Houses.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

The words of Kibei came between his teeth, half growl, half snarl.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

Reporting his own experience, to the astonishment of his hearers, Kibei, accompanied by Kakusuké, started down Teramachi toward Samégabashi.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by James S. (James Seguin) De Benneville

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