noun
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.
大学をやめてから、彼はしばらくニートだった。
After leaving university, he was a NEET for a while.
自治体はニートの就労支援に力を入れている。
The local government is focusing on employment support for NEETs.
Refers to an unemployed person, often someone who lost a job and may be seeking work; ニート does not necessarily imply prior employment or active job seeking.
Refers to someone working mainly part-time or casual jobs; a ニート is not working, studying, or training.
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.