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When the Kimura family moved here from Tokyo, their middle school-aged daughter missed her old friends. Midway into her first year in high school, she stopped going. Between 14 and 19, she barely left the house, and for one year hardly left her room, interacting only with her parents. 木村（Kimura）一家刚从东京搬到这里的时候，家里上初中的女儿十分想念她的老朋友。高一念了一半，她就辍学了。14至19岁期间，她基本不出家门，曾经有整整一年几乎没离开过自己的房间，而且只跟父母打交道。 Now 33 and recovered, Ms. Kimura says she was “hikikomori.” That’s the name of a type of social withdrawal that can be so severe, people with it don’t leave their houses for years. It’s also what those who suffer from the condition are called. 现年33岁的木村女士说，她曾是个“隐蔽青年”（hikikomori）。“隐蔽青年症候群”指的是一种社交退缩症，这种病症可能会达到相当严重的地步，患者终年不出家门。“隐蔽青年”则用来指代罹患此病的群体。 The puzzling condition is often thought of as a Japanese phenomenon, affecting an estimated 500,000 to two million in Japan, according to projections from academic surveys. Published reports also have described cases in the U.S., Hong Kong and Spain, among other countries. 这一令人迷惑不解的病症经常被视为一种日本社会现象。据学者调查推测，日本约有50万至200万人深受其害。而在已发表的报告中，对于美国、香港、西班牙和其他国家的相关案例也有描述。 | 
