Etymology

shinkeishitsu

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Today it means: A Japanese culture-bound anxiety disorder. Full definition →

Japanese 神経質
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from神経質“nervousness”
  2. English todayshinkeishitsu

Borrowed from Japanese 神経質 (shinkeishitsu, “nervousness”).

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