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.[1] 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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ひきこもり [hìkíkómórí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [çi̥kʲiko̞mo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

引(ひ)きこもり • (hikikomori) 

  1. hikikomori

Synonyms

Descendants

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 発達障害と不登校 子どもの暴言・暴力対策には「親の家出」も有効, Nikkei Business
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