What is 'NEET', 'Shut-in' or 'Hikikomori'?

[username8888]

Can you explain these in one sentence? I am a little internet caveman when it comes to terminologies.

 

[justcallmeJ]

• NEET is een acronym for "Not in Education, Employment or Training".
• Shut-in is someone who is convined in their house for various reasons such as old age or disability.
• Hikikomori is a Japanese term meaning "socially withdrawn", is someone who has withdrawn from society and is indoors most of thier time, sometimes going out when its night time.

 

[Mistiie]

NEET is "Not [in] Education, Employment, [or] Training"
Shut-in just means you're "shut-in[side]" your room, or someone who almost never leaves the house to socialise or talk to people or do whatever. As the other commenter mentioned, though, it's also used when someone can't leave their home for whatever reason.
Hikikomori is kind of the same thing but it's a Japanese term used to refer to people who never leave their home but still (somehow) function.

 

[gvmi]

NEET is "Not [in] Education, Employment, [or] Training"
Shut-in just means you're "shut-in[side]" your room, or someone who almost never leaves the house to socialise or talk to people or do whatever. As the other commenter mentioned, though, it's also used when someone can't leave their home for whatever reason.
Hikikomori is kind of the same thing but it's a Japanese term used to refer to people who never leave their home but still (somehow) function.

I'd like to add. hikikomori has a bit of a deeper meaning to japanese people.
Hikikomoris 「引きこもり, hiki meaning "To pull" and komori meaning "To take refuge", It comes from the verb 籠もる」are not only shut-ins, but they've withdrawn completely from society. It tends to be due to depression or other untreated mental illnesses. They're ususally shunned for being a hikikomori, even though it's not exactly their choice.

Hope this brought a bit more insight into the meaning of this word <3

 

[username8888]

Hope this brought a bit more insight into the meaning of this word <3

I thought they were some terms of SS website. I am too caveman when it comes to terminologies on internet. Thanks. You explained like a charm.

NEET is "Not [in] Education, Employment, [or] Training"
Shut-in just means you're "shut-in[side]" your room, or someone who almost never leaves the house to socialise or talk to people or do whatever. As the other commenter mentioned, though, it's also used when someone can't leave their home for whatever reason.
Hikikomori is kind of the same thing but it's a Japanese term used to refer to people who never leave their home but still (somehow) function.

Thanks for the explanation and taking the time.

 

[gvmi]

I thought they were some terms of SS website. I am too caveman when it comes to terminologies on internet. Thanks. You explained like a charm.

Thanks for the explanation and taking the time.

ah, nah! none of those terms are SS terminology, they're common-use.

 

[username8888]

ah, nah! none of those terms are SS terminology, they're common-use.

Then I am an uncommon person :l

At least I have learned them now/

 

[Hikikomori1]

It tends to be due to depression or other untreated mental illnesses.

This is incorrect.

While it is true that the vast majority of hikikomori are mentally ill myself included the mental health issues are more of a contributing factor rather than the main cause.

The main reason hikikomori become hikikomori is because of some social setback that makes them feel like they have failed to live up to society's expectations such as doing poorly in school not passing the Japanese entrance exams failing to keep up the tatemae ( 建前) or Polite outside face when outside in public in Japanese society.

Japanese parents also often feel ashamed if their child has become a hikikomori and in more extreme cases without some kind of help it can go on and on for years to the point where the hikikomori is 50-years old and the parents are 80-years old which is called the 50/80 problem.

Hikikomori do exist in other countries but the 50/80 problem seems to only exist in Japan.

Can you explain these in one sentence? I am a little internet caveman when it comes to terminologies.

NEET is a term from The UK that describes people who are currently unemployed and not in education it stands for Not in Education Employment Or Training. A Shut-In is just another word for recluse or to describe anyone who keeps to themselves indoors a lot and a hikikomori is a specific type of Shut-In mostly only seen in Japan where a person does not work or go to school and shuts themselves inside their room in their parents house or apartment for 6 months or more to extreme degrees.

Hikikomori is kind of the same thing but it's a Japanese term used to refer to people who never leave their home but still (somehow) function.

What do you mean by still somehow function?