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PRONUNCIATION OF KIBEI

kibei  [ˈkiːbeɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KIBEI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Kibei is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES KIBEI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Kibei

Kibei kibei was a term often used in the 1940s to describe Japanese Americans born in the United States who returned to America after receiving their education in Japan. The exact number is not known--perhaps about 11,000. Those women who were in school in Japan in late 1941 typically entered the Japanese army. Those on the West coast of the United States were interned. Many volunteered for service with the U.S., especially as translators. Another case was Minoru Wada, an American citizen educated in Japan who served as a Japanese Army junior officer. He was taken prisoner in the Philippines in 1945. He provided U.S. bomber crews with vital intelligence, and led the aircraft in a highly successful attack on the headquarters of the Japanese 100th Division. He was motivated by a desire to minimize the loss of life through aiding to effect a swift end to the Pacific War.

Definition of kibei in the English dictionary

The definition of kibei in the dictionary is someone of Japanese ancestry born in the US and educated in Japan.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KIBEI


bay
beɪ
baye
beɪ
bey
beɪ
Bombay
bɒmˈbeɪ
caribe
kɑːˈriːbeɪ
crambe
ˈkræmbeɪ
disobey
ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ
Gombe
ˈɡɒmbeɪ
goombay
ˈɡʊmbeɪ
harambee
ˌhɑːrɑːmˈbeɪ
Hebei
ˈhʌˈbeɪ
Hubei
ˈhuːˈbeɪ
mabe
ˈmɑːbeɪ
obey
əˈbeɪ
rosebay
ˈrəʊzˌbeɪ
sabe
ˈsɑːbeɪ
sickbay
ˈsɪkˌbeɪ
sorbet
ˈsɔːbeɪ
Torbay
ˌtɔːˈbeɪ
yohimbe
jəʊˈhɪmbeɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KIBEI

kiaugh
kibbe
kibbeh
kibble
kibbutz
kibbutzim
kibbutznik
kibe
kibitka
kibitz
kibitzer
kibla
kiblah
kibosh
kick
kick about
kick against the pricks
kick ass
kick boxing
kick in

WORDS THAT END LIKE KIBEI

Agnus Dei
brei
Brunei
cicisbei
glutei
Hefei
hexerei
Khamenei
lei
Lorelei
neinei
nuclei
Pei
Persei
rei
sei
sensei
Shar Pei
Taipei
Whangarei

Synonyms and antonyms of kibei in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «kibei» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF KIBEI

Find out the translation of kibei to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of kibei from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «kibei» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

kibei
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

kibei
570 millions of speakers

English

kibei
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

kibei
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

kibei
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

kibei
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

kibei
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

kibei
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

kibei
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kibei
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kibei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

kibei
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

kibei
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kibei
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kibei
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

kibei
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

किबे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kibei
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

kibei
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kibei
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

kibei
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

kibei
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

kibei
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kibei
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kibei
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kibei
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of kibei

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KIBEI»

The term «kibei» is used very little and occupies the 164.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KIBEI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «kibei» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «kibei» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about kibei

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KIBEI»

Discover the use of kibei in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to kibei and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Beyond Loyalty: The Story of a Kibei
Beyond Loyalty is the powerful and inspiring story of a young man whose life and education were rudely disrupted by the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. A high school student when interned in 1942, ...
Minoru Kiyota, 1997
2
The Economic Basis of Ethnic Solidarity: Small Business in ...
Of all Kibei, half were self-employed and another 10 percent employed in Japanese American businesses. Among the non-Kibei the corresponding figures were 39 percent and 6 percent. Kibei were much less likely to be professionals ( 20 ...
Edna Bonacich, John Modell, 1980
3
Democratizing the Enemy: The Japanese American Internment
Japanese American social scientists provided the intellectual basis for the WRA's castigation of the Kibei. James Sakoda, researcher at Tule Lake and Minidoka, propagated the negative image of the Kibei as early as 1942 by asserting there ...
Brian Masaru Hayashi, 2010
4
AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (p)
You know, one of the Kibei reported to the FBI and WRA about the Kibei meeting. I never met him until that time. A friend of mine lived in the same block and worked in the mess hall. His name was Tsuji, and he said we should go see that other ...
Tateishi J
5
Unlikely Liberators: The Men of the 100th And 442nd
Among the 100th troops were kibei — Japanese Americans who had been born in the States, gone back to Japan several years for education, and then returned home. ("Kibei" literally means "return to America.") Most kibei could speak ...
Masayo Umezawa Duus, 2006
6
Born in the USA: A Story of Japanese America, 1889-1947
The JACL seems to be working in collusion with the WRA against civil rights for the Kibei. The memo shares the date of his letter, to Milton Eisenhower: June 6, 1942. War Relocation Authority For: Mr. Eisenhower Definition of Kibei: An ...
Frank Chin, 2002
7
Nisei Sansei
ers in California, the kibei offspring were less successful occupationally. Kibei siblings were employed in service and blue-collar jobs, while their nisei brothers and sisters worked in white-collar jobs Nisei who was interviewed during the ...
Jere Takahashi, 1997
8
Judgment Without Trial: Japanese American Imprisonment ...
Another case involved Mr. K., a twenty-nine-year-old Kibei who had lived in Japan for twenty years and whose "family ties are predominantly in Japan." Favorable factors included the following: "a) subject speaks fair English, b) subject has ...
Tetsuden Kashima, 2011
9
American Inquisition: The Hunt for Japanese American ...
The experiences of the Kibei, both in Japan and, for those who returned, in the United States, varied widely.≤∏ Some Kibei were so comfortable in Japan that they remained there for good.≤π Some Kibei reported feeling like outsiders in ...
Eric L. Muller, 2007
10
Reflecting on WWII, Manzanar, and the WRA:
Kibei were born in America, giving them US and the opportunity for Japanese citizenship, and were then sent to Japan, often at a very young age, to be educated. It was fre- quently the oldest child in the family who became Kibei, and there ...
Arthur L. Williams, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KIBEI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term kibei is used in the context of the following news items.
1
On 4th of July, remember CPUSA's commitment to patriotism
Yoneda recorded his heroic exploits in his 1983 autobiography, "Ganbatte, Sixty-Year Struggle of a Kibei Worker," published by the Asian ... «People's World, Jul 15»
2
Sawtelle recognized by Los Angeles as Japantown
A lot of them were Kibei Nisei (born in America but reared in Japan). They needed money to buy a truck and gardening equipment, so they ... «Nichi Bei Weekly, Jun 15»
3
Naysa Modi heads to DC for national spelling bee
... mariachi, babushka, picaresque, kohlrabi, Tuckahoe, coffle, sachem, kibei, kuchen, gymkhana, schnecke, bobadil, jnana and schottische. «Monroe News Star, May 15»
4
Japan's Prime Minister Visits Los Angeles
Her father, Paul Kunio Shiba, a Kibei Nisei, was so moved by Abe's visit that he penned a poem (below.) “He's doing a great job,” Paul Shiba ... «The Rafu Shimpo, May 15»
5
Review: Infamy: The Shocking Story of Japanese American Internment
The Kibei threatened pro-U.S. evacuees, even forcing some to renounce their U.S. citizenship. Reeves reveals the unrest in many of the camps ... «The Denver Post, Apr 15»
6
Fourth-grader to represent Ouachita in National Bee
Along the way she spelled words that included catkin, omnipotent, mariachi, babushka, picaresque, kohlrabi, Tuckahoe, coffle, sachem, kibei, ... «Monroe News Star, Mar 15»
7
JAHSSC Final Program: 'Japanese American Gardeners: Their …
Many Issei and Kibei Nisei gardeners used senryu, a literary form similar to haiku, revealing feelings of their everyday lives. While haiku uses ... «The Rafu Shimpo, Mar 15»
8
National Park Services to improve accessibility for the Honouliuli …
According to Murashige, her father authored an autobiography, "An Autobiography of a Kibei Nisei." After the discovery of the Honouliuli ... «The University of Hawaii Kaleo, Mar 15»
9
Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans on Angel Island
In 1926, Goso Yoneda, a 21–year-old Kibei, left Japan to return to the U.S. in order to avoid military conscription. Upon arrival in San Francisco, ... «Nichi Bei Weekly, Jan 15»
10
The 'invented fiction' of the model minority and the controversy …
Also, the JACL alienated Issei and Kibei-Nisei by its flag-waving Americanism, as exemplified in its August 1941 executive secretary ... «Nichi Bei Weekly, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Kibei [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/kibei>. May 2024 ».
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