NEET; young person not in education, employment, or training
A social/economic label for a young person who is neither studying, working, nor in vocational training. It can sound blunt or stigmatizing depending on context.
After leaving university, he was a NEET for a while.
After dropping out of university, he ended up becoming a NEET.
The local government is focusing on employment support for NEETs.
He has been living as a NEET for three years now.
She got out of her NEET status by starting a part-time job.
It is said that there are about 600,000 NEETs in Japan.
引きこもり describes someone who has withdrawn from social contact and rarely leaves home, while ニート focuses on economic status (not working/studying/training) regardless of social withdrawal.
counter for people
Standard katakana spelling; usually written in kana.
Attested full-width Latin-letter acronym spelling, but everyday Japanese normally writes this as ニート.
The term corresponds to the acronym NEET, expanded in the English gloss as “not in education, employment or training.” In Japanese it is normally written in katakana as ニート.