school refuser; truant; school absentee
Refers to a child who does not attend school, often due to psychological or social reasons rather than simple delinquency. The term is commonly used in educational and social welfare contexts.
Cooperation between schools and families is essential for supporting children who refuse to attend school.
He was a school refuser in junior high, but now he attends a correspondence high school.
Refers to the state or phenomenon of school non-attendance, while 不登校児 specifically refers to the child.
An older term for school refusal, now often replaced by 不登校 in official contexts. 不登校児 is the child who exhibits this behavior.
Compound of 不 (fu, 'not'), 登校 (tōkō, 'attending school'), and 児 (ji, 'child').