net café refugee
net café refugee noun: 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.
Noun
net café refugee (plural net café refugees)
- 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.
- YOKOHAMA (AFP) - Thousands of homeless "net cafe refugees" in Japan risk being turfed out onto the streets as the coronavirus pandemic forces the sudden closure of their uniquely Japanese 24/7 comic book havens.2020 April 15, “Japan's homeless 'net cafe refugees' seek shelter amid coronavirus woe”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Nov...
Forms of net café refugee
| plural | net café refugees |
|---|---|
| alternative form | net cafe refugee |
Origin of net café refugee
Calque of Japanese ネットカフェ難民 (netto kafe nanmin).
Questions about net café refugee
- What does net café refugee mean?
- Net café refugee 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.
- What part of speech is net café refugee?
- Net café refugee is a noun.
- What is the plural of net café refugee?
- The plural of net café refugee is net café refugees.
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