by Nao

ni, futa, futa-tsu, ji

If you have already seen ichi (one) and san (three), you might be able to guess what it means. It means two or second.

Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary includes the headword, nisei. This ni is second and sei is generation. So, nisei is a second generation whose parents are Japanese immigrants called issei (first generation).

The Japanese popular candy maker, Fujiya. Ji in Fujiya is this character, meaning two. Ya means a shop. We use fu to put negative meaning to the subsequent character. In this case, there is nothing like this shop or it is second to none.

The second stroke is longer than the first one.