モラトリアム人にん間げん

noun

emotionally immature person; person avoiding adulthood

A psychological and sociological term describing someone, typically a young adult, who has not developed emotional maturity or who actively resists taking on adult responsibilities. Often used in discussions of prolonged adolescence.

• 彼かれはいつまでも定てい職しょくに就つかず、いわゆるモラトリアム人にん間げんだ。

  He never settles into a steady job; he's what you'd call a moratorium person.

• モラトリアム人にん間げんという概がい念ねんは、青せい年ねん期きの延えん長ちょうを説せつ明めいするのに使つかわれる。

  The concept of 'moratorium person' is used to explain the prolongation of adolescence.