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From: "Sam Blanning" <enquiries@nationalcoursingclub.org>
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Subject: Re: Hikikomori
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"KIRARA" <jimyoinsaeko@anet.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>
> Hikikomori is a kind of people who could hardly go outside.
> They are always in their house. In heavy case they never
> leave their room. At these case, computer or TV changes
> their friends, lovers, vassal.
> Various cause is given.
> I don't know correct word in English, it maybe
> hibernator or cocooner, I bet 30yen for it
>
'Hermit', 'Recluse' and 'Shutin' are good. 'Agoraphobic' means, literally,
'someone who is scared of being outside', rather than someone who doesn't
like being sociable. 'Loner' is perhaps the most used word for that type of
person.