コミュ障

Japanese

Kanji in this term
障
しょう Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
コミュ症

Etymology

Short for コミュニケーション障害(しょうがい) (komyunikēshon shōgai, “communication disorder”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) コミュしょー [kòmyúꜜshòò] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞mʲɨɕo̞ː]

Noun

コミュ障(しょう) • (komyu-shō) 

1. (informal) having despairingly poor ability to converse with people due to social anxiety; being socially awkward

Related terms

• コミュ力(りょく) (komyu-ryoku)