引きこもり

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
引
ひ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
引き篭もり 引き籠もり 引き籠り

Calque of English social withdrawal. Compound of 引き (hiki-, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 引く (hiku), “to pull”) +‎ 籠もり (komori, the 連用形 (ren’yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 籠もる (komoru), “to seclude oneself”).

Noun

引(ひ)きこもり • (hikikomori) 

1. hikikomori

Synonyms

• 自宅警備(じたくけいび) (jitaku keibi)

Descendants

• ⇒ Finnish: hikky
• → German: Hikikomori
• → English: hikikomori
• → Polish: hikikomori

See also

• ニート (nīto)