自じ宅たく警けい備び員いん

noun

shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse

Jocular slang for a person who rarely leaves home, likening them to a security guard of their own house. Often used self-deprecatingly or humorously. Compare 引きこもり, which is more neutral/clinical.

See also: 引きこもり (ひきこもり)

• 休きゅう日じつは自じ宅たく警けい備び員いんになってしまう。

  On my days off, I end up becoming a shut-in.

• 彼かれは立りっ派ぱな自じ宅たく警けい備び員いんで、ほとんど外そとに出でない。

  He's a full-fledged recluse and hardly ever goes out.