デカセギ

noun

dekasegi; migrant worker of Japanese descent

Refers especially to Japanese Brazilians and other Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry who come to Japan for work. Derived from 出稼ぎ (dekasegi, 'working away from home').

See also: 出稼ぎ

• ブラジルから多おおくのデカセギが日本にほんに来きている。

  Many dekasegi come to Japan from Brazil.

• 彼かれはデカセギとして工こう場じょうで働はたらいている。

  He works in a factory as a dekasegi.