帰き米べい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

returning to the United States

General noun or suru-verb meaning the act of going back to America. Not limited to the historical nisei context.

• 留りゅう学がくを終おえて帰き米べいする予よ定ていです。

  I plan to return to the United States after finishing my studies abroad.

noun

kibei; Japanese-American nisei sent to Japan for education before returning to the US

Historical term for second-generation Japanese Americans born before WWII who were educated in Japan and later came back to the United States. Often used as a noun without suru.

See also: 二世 (にせい)

• 彼かれの祖そ父ふは帰き米べいで、戦せん前ぜんに日本にほんで教きょう育いくを受うけた。

  His grandfather was a kibei, educated in Japan before the war.