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San⋅sei

  [sahn-sey, sahn-sey]
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–noun
a grandchild of Japanese immigrants to the U.S. or Canada.
Also, sansei.
Compare Issei, Kibei, Nisei.

Origin:
1940–45; < Japn: third generation, earlier san-seĩ < MChin, equiv to Chin sān three + ⋅shēng birth
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San·sei   (sän'sā', sän-sā')   
n.   pl. Sansei or San·seis
The U.S.-born grandchild of Japanese immigrants to America.

[Japanese : san, three; see shamisen + sei, generation; see issei.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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sansei 
"American born of nisei parents; third-generation Japanese-American," 1945, from Japanese san "three, third" + sei "generation."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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