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Meaning of hikikomori by Felipe Lorenzo del Río





Felipe Lorenzo del Río

hikikomori
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Japanese term designating the psychological and sociological phenomenon of acute social isolation or closed door syndrome. It also designates the person who suffers from this new disease either by social phobia, by excessive shyness or by some love or other failure. Current studies indicate that in this situation there could be more than half a million people in Japan.

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