(US) A Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan.
(US) A Japanese-American who is born in the United States but primarily educated in Japan.
Most kibei were not fluent in English because of their upbringing in Japan.
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(pejorative, ethnic slur, US) A Japanese person.
(US, historical, World War II, slang) A Japanese man who refused to renounce the Japanese emperor and to serve in the United States armed forces.
(Judaism, obsolete, US, offensive, ethnic slur) An Eastern European Jew.
(US, informal, derogatory, dated) Any citizen of the Axis powers who opposed the Allies in the Second World War.
(slang, US, offensive, ethnic slur) Resembling or characteristic of Jews.