準じゅん二に世せい

noun

quasi-nisei; Japanese-born person who moved abroad when young

Rare term. Refers to a person born in Japan who moved overseas at a young age, similar to but distinct from a nisei (second-generation Japanese born abroad).

See also: 二世

• 彼かれは準じゅん二に世せいとして、幼おさない頃ころに家か族ぞくと共ともにアメリカへ移い住じゅうした。

  As a quasi-nisei, he moved to the United States with his family when he was young.