Etymology

kikokushijo

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Today it means: A child of Japanese expatriates who lives abroad, then later returns to Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 帰国子女
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from帰国子女
  2. English todaykikokushijo

Borrowed from Japanese 帰国子女 (kikoku shijo, literally “returnee children”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.