廃人

Japanese Slang Japanese ★★★★ 4/5 very-casual はいじんhaijin

読み はいじん

ローマ字 haijin

漢字の分解 廃 (waste/ruin) + 人 (person) → a ruined person, someone wrecked by addiction

発音 /ha.i.dʑiɴ/

意味

An addict who plays games so obsessively they neglect sleep, work, and social life — a shell of their former self.

Originally a literary term meaning someone incapacitated by illness, 廃人 was adopted by the gaming community to describe extreme players who sacrifice everything for their hobby. While often used self-deprecatingly with a humorous tone, it can be genuinely critical when describing someone else. Most commonly associated with MMO and mobile game addiction.

例文

あいつ完全に廃人になってるよ、毎日16時間もゲームしてる。
ネトゲ廃人だった時期は本当に生活がやばかった。
新作出たら廃人になる自信しかないわ。

使い方ガイド

場面: gaming communities, social media, internet forums

トーン: self-deprecating, humorous

正しい言い方

俺もう廃人だわ、3日まともに寝てない (I'm such an addict, I haven't slept properly in 3 days)
このゲーム廃人向けすぎるコンテンツ多い (This game has way too much content geared toward hardcore addicts)

避ける言い方

障害のある方に「廃人」は絶対に使わない (Never use 廃人 toward people with actual disabilities — extremely offensive)

よくある間違い

Using 廃人 literally to describe people with disabilities — in modern usage it is strictly gaming/internet slang
Not realising it can sound genuinely insulting when directed at someone else rather than used self-deprecatingly

起源と歴史

Originally a literary/medical term meaning a person rendered helpless by illness. Adopted by MMO gaming communities in the 2000s to describe players who play so excessively they lose normal function.

文化的背景

時代: 2000s online gaming community adoption

世代: Gamers (20s-40s)

社会的背景: Gaming community

地域メモ: Used nationwide in gaming communities. Common on 2ch/5ch, Twitter, and gaming forums.