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    3. 引きこもり

    引きこもり

    引ひき​こ​も​り​

    shut-in

    KMT8Ref L1NounCulture & TraditionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

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    ひきこもりヒキコモリ

    Noun

    1.
    shut-in, stay-at-home, hikikomori, person who has withdrawn from society
    2.
    social withdrawal, shunning other people

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは引ひきこもりになった。

    He became a hikikomori.

    KMT6Emotions & Psychology
    長ちょう期き的てきな引ひきこもりは社しゃ会かい問もん題だいとなっている。

    Long-term social withdrawal has become a social problem.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    孤こ独どく感かんや不ふ安あん感かんが引ひきこもりを深しん刻こく化かさせる要よう因いんとなることがある。

    Feelings of loneliness and anxiety can sometimes be factors that worsen social withdrawal.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    日に本ほんでは、引ひきこもりという現げん象しょうが特とくに注ちゅう目もくされている。

    In Japan, the phenomenon of hikikomori is particularly attracting attention.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsEmotions & Psychology
    引ひきこもりの人ひと々びとが社しゃ会かい復ふっ帰きできるよう、様さま々ざまな支し援えんプログラムが提てい供きょうされている。

    Various support programs are being offered so that hikikomori individuals can reintegrate into society.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCulture & TraditionsEducation

    Characters that make up this word

    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    こ
    ko
    Kana
    も
    mo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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