hidden youth (hikikomori) 隱蔽青年

hidden youth (hikikomori)
繁：隱蔽青年
简：隐蔽青年

牛頭角一名無業隱蔽青年，終日反鎖在房間內打機，母親一周前獨自返鄉下過年，3天前回家見兒子房間反鎖，還以為他如常在房內打機，未有理會；直至昨日她叩門查看未見有反應，擔心出事報警，才揭發兒子至少4天前已在房內燒炭自殺身亡。

29歲宅男燒炭亡　母4日後始揭發（2018年2月20日）。蘋果日報，取自 https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/daily/article/20180220/20309857

They call them the hikikomori. According to the Japanese government, these are people who have remained at home for at least six months with no social interaction besides family.

Socially Withdrawn And Never Leaving The House — Why More Than Half A Million Reclusive People In Japan Are ‘Hikikomori’. (2017, September 29). YourTango. Retrieved from https://www.yourtango.com/2017300857/what-hikikomori-japan-hiki-epidemic-reclusive-depression-lonely

Discussions have primarily been about the “hidden youths” in Hong Kong, that is, those who are neither in education nor employment, and spend most of their time at home playing video games.

Yip, P. & Chan, M. (2013, March 28). Help Hong Kong’s hidden youths come out of their shell. South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1201148/help-hong-kongs-hidden-youths-come-out-their-shell