Etymology

net café refugee

Today it means: A homeless person in Japan who do not own or rent a residence (thus having no permanent address) and sleeps in 24-hour Internet cafés or manga cafés. Full definition →

Japanese ネットカフェ難民
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  1. Japanese · calque ofネットカフェ難民
  2. English todaynet café refugee

Calque of Japanese ネットカフェ難民 (netto kafe nanmin).

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