Kibei

American  

[kee-bey] / 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

Etymology

Origin of Kibei

From Japanese

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

Kibei greeted the guests with heartiness, and accepted their condolence and gifts with lavish thanks and the cheerful face of him that profiteth by the funeral.

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

Kibei, who with the men preferred night for sleep, rushed in.

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

As Kibei came up to the rōka and shook off his geta he interposed.

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

But Kibei was obstinate—"Then a glass of wine at her bedside; Kibei has matters to impart."

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