Where does “хикикомори” come from?

хикикомори (Russian) comes from Japanese 引きこもり, from Japanese 引き, from Japanese 引く — to pull (something toward oneself).

хикикомори (Russian): hikikomori

Definitions

  1. hikikomori

Ancestry of “хикикомори”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese引きこもりhikikomori
2Japanese引きdiscount off a price
3Japanese引くto pull (something toward oneself)
Every word from Japanese 引く →Every word from Japanese 引き →Every word from Japanese 引きこもり →
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