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What does 日系 (にっけい, nikkei) mean?

日系 (にっけい, nikkei) means (of) Japanese descent.

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Readingにっけい
Romajinikkei
Part of speechnoun prefix
にっけい
nikkei

(of) Japanese descent

  1. 1noun prefix (of) Japanese descent
  2. 2noun non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
  3. 3noun company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent

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