Freeter is a Japanese expression for people between the age of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding homemakers and students. They may also be described as underemployed or freelance workers.

“飛特”是日語里用來指代15到34歲之間沒有穩定工作或者失業在家的年輕人，這當中不包括家庭主婦和學生。他們有時也被稱為失業人員或者自由職業者。

The word freeter or freeta was first used around 1987 or 1988 and is thought to be an amalgamation of the English word free (or perhaps freelance) and the German word Arbeiter ("worker").

“飛特”的英文拼法freeter或freeta于1987或1988年首次使用，據說是英文單詞free（自由）或freelance（自由職業）和德語單詞Arbeiter（工人）的合成形式。

These people do not start a career after high school or university but instead usually live as so called parasite singles with their parents and earn some money with low skilled and low paid jobs.

這些人高中或者大學畢業后沒有正式工作，而是跟父母住在一起過著所謂“單身寄生蟲”的生活，偶爾從事一些低技術含量、低報酬的工作賺點錢。

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