VOCABULARY: The hikikomori, aka moden day recluse

https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2024/05/world/hikikomori-asia-personal-stories-wellness/?ICID=ref_fark

A shrinking life: Why some Asian youth withdraw from the world

By Jessie Yeung, Sophie Jeong, Carlotta Dotto, Woojin Lee, Kenneth Uzquiano and Saki Toi

Published May 25, 2024

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Like many hikikomori, he would sleep all day and wake at dusk. Then at night, when his family went to bed, he spent hours scrolling on his phone.

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Like Howard Hughes?

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