hikikomori

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 引き籠もり. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hikikomori (countable and uncountable, plural hikikomori or hikikomoris)

(uncountable) A Japanese phenomenon whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically confining him- or herself to the house or a single room for a very long period.
(countable) A reclusive person of this kind.

Translations

phenomenon

Armenian: հիկիկոմորի (hikikomori)
Catalan: hikikomori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蟄居 (zh) (zhéjū)
Dutch: hikikomori
Finnish: hikikomori (fi) (Japanese); syrjäytyminen (fi) (general)
Galician: hikikomori m

Italian: hikikomori (it) m
Japanese: 引き籠もり (hikikomori)
Marathi: हिकिकोमोरि (hikikomori)
Polish: hikikomori n
Portuguese: hikikomori (pt) m
Spanish: hikikomori m
Swedish: hikikomori (sv) m

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 引きこもり (hikikomori)

Noun

hikikomori n (indeclinable)

hikikomori

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