サイレントプアー

noun

silent poor; hidden poor

Refers to people in poverty who do not or cannot seek help from family, friends, or public services, often remaining invisible to social support systems. A wasei-eigo term used in Japanese social discourse.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from silent poor

• サイレントプアーは、周しゅう囲いに助たすけを求もとめられず孤こ立りつしやすい。

  The silent poor tend to become isolated, unable to ask for help from those around them.

• 行ぎょう政せいはサイレントプアーの実じっ態たい把は握あくに苦く慮りょしている。

  The government is struggling to grasp the actual situation of the silent poor.