히키코모리(은둔형 외톨이)
English translation: hikikomori (acutely socially withdrawn person)
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peer agreement (net): +1hikikomori (acutely socially withdrawn person) Explanation: The term is also used in English. The gloss as "은둔형 외톨이" is simply the Gungnip Gugeowon's attempt at a calque using Korean roots, so probably doesn't strictly require translation (just as one wouldn't translate in the more common situation of hangul followed by their equivalent hanja in parentheses). However, for a target audience that can't be assumed to be familiar with the word "hikikomori", glossing it as something like "acute social withdrawal"/ "withdrawn person" may be helpful to the reader and faithful to the original. Example sentence(s):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikikomori https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4912003/ |
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