English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Japanese 引き籠もり (literally “pulling inward, being confined”) and is often translated as "acute social withdrawal" or shutter.

Noun [ edit ]

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hikikomori (countable and uncountable, plural hikikomori or hikikomoris)

( uncountable ) A Japanese phenomenon whereby an individual becomes a recluse from society, typically remaining in a single room at home for a very long period. ( countable ) A reclusive person of this kind.

Translations [ edit ]

phenomenon Armenian: հիկիկոմորի ( hikikomori )

Catalan: hikikomori m

Chinese: Mandarin: 蟄居 (zh) ( zhéjū )

Dutch: hikikomori (nl)

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

Russian: хикикомо́ри (ru) m ( xikikomóri )

Spanish: hikikomori m

Swedish: hikikomori (sv) m

Polish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Japanese 引きこもり (hikikomori)

Noun [ edit ]