1.5世

ittengosei/it.teɴ.go.seː/

noun

people who immigrated as children, between the first and second generation

子どもの頃に移民した世代。1世と2世のあいだ

A sociological label, not a math expression; often the child who translates at school and clinics.

数式ではなく社会学の語で、学校や病院で親の通訳をする子どもを指すことが多い。

Examples

01
彼女は1.5世なので、学校の廊下でも韓国語と英語を混ぜて話す。
She is part of the 1.5 generation and still switches languages in the school hallway.
02
1.5世の彼は病院のたびに親の書類を通訳した。
As a 1.5 generation kid he translated the doctor's forms for his parents every visit.
03
1.5世は韓国でも育った国でもよそ者に感じることが多い。
The 1.5 generation often feels foreign both in Korea and in the country they grew up in.

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