nikkeijin means A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not resident in Japan. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 日系人.
noun
- A nikkei; a Japanese immigrant or descendant not resident in Japan.“The peculiar position of his group, according to Mr. Okimoto, is shown by the Japanese habit of referring to such persons as either nisei or nikkeijin —of Japanese descent—instead of calling them gaijin, that is, foreigners, or identifying them by nationality.”