Yasui

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proper noun

A surname from Japanese.

OriginJapanese 安井 →
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Meanings

proper nounYasui (plural Yasuis)

plural Yasuis

  1. A surname from Japanese.

    Minoru Yasui was a trained army officer with a legal education who worked in the Japanese consular office.

    2012, Karen Latchana Kenney, Korematsu v. the United States: World War II Japanese-American Internment Camps, ABDO Publishing Company, 89

Origin

  1. Japanese安井
  2. EnglishYasui

Borrowed from Japanese 安井 or 安居 (Yasui).

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APA

Yasui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yasui

MLA

“Yasui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yasui. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yasui,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yasui.

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