noun
new-type depression; atypical depression
A colloquial term for a form of depression where symptoms appear mainly in work or school settings and improve outside those environments. Not a formal clinical diagnosis.
新型うつは、職場では落ち込むが、休日には元気になる傾向がある。
New-type depression tends to make one feel down at work but energetic on days off.
彼は新型うつと診断され、会社を休職している。
He was diagnosed with new-type depression and is on leave from work.
Compound of 新型 (new type) and うつ (depression, from 鬱). The term emerged in Japanese media and popular discourse to describe a perceived modern pattern of depression.