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.

“飞特”是日语里用来指代15到34岁之间没有稳定工作或者失业在家的年轻人，这当中不包括家庭主妇和学生。他们有时也被称为失业人员或者自由职业者。

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").

“飞特”的英文拼法freeter或freeta于1987或1988年首次使用，据说是英文单词free（自由）或freelance（自由职业）和德语单词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.

这些人高中或者大学毕业后没有正式工作，而是跟父母住在一起过着所谓“单身寄生虫”的生活，偶尔从事一些低技术含量、低报酬的工作赚点钱。

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