[kee-bey] 
| a person of Japanese descent, born in the U.S. but educated in Japan. |
| Ki·bei (kē-bā') n. pl. Kibei or Ki·beis A person born in the United States of Japanese immigrant parents and educated chiefly in Japan. [Japanese, to go home, return to America, Kibei : ki, return (from Middle Chinese kuj) + bei, rice, America (from Middle Chinese mej, rice).] |
