Hikikomori

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Hikikomori (Japanese: 引きこもり or ひきこもり [çi̥kʲikomoɾʲi], lit. 'pulling inward, being confined') are reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement.

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