How to Say "Stalker" in Japanese

ストーカー

sutōkā[sɨto̞ːka̠ː]

The English phrase "stalker" is translated into Japanese as ストーカー (sutōkā).

The term refers to a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions.

Meaning: person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions (noun)

How do you pronounce it?

sutōkā

The conceptual shift toward using ストーカー coincided with a cultural change in the 1990s where 'obsessive love' was increasingly viewed as a psychiatric or legal issue rather than a romantic gesture.
In Japanese social media and slang, the term ストーカー is sometimes used jokingly to describe a friend who is overly eager to know every detail of another person's schedule.
Japan was one of the first countries to implement a specific 'Anti-Stalking Act' in 2000, which codified the legal definition of ストーカー behavior.

ストーカーみたい。
You're practically a stalker.
This sentence is useful for describing someone's behavior as being like a ストーカー.
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近くで付きまとう人を見かけませんでしたか？
Have you seen someone hanging around nearby?
彼は完全にストーカーだと思う。
I think he is definitely a stalker.
ストーカーに注意してください。
suto-ka- ni chuui shite kudasai.
Please be careful of stalkers.
あの人はストーカーの可能性があります。
ano hito wa suto-ka- no kanousei ga arimasu.
That person might be a stalker.

Two friends are walking home at night and feel uneasy.

陽太 Yota

誰かにずっと後ろを歩かれている気がする。
dareka ni zutto ushiro o aruka rete iru ki ga suru.
I feel like someone is following us.
結衣 Yui

もしストーカーだったら怖いね。
moshi suto-ka- dattara kowai ne.
It would be scary if it's a stalker.
陽太 Yota

警察に連絡しようか。
keisatsu ni renraku shiyou ka.
Should we call the police?
結衣 Yui

うん、そうしよう。
un, sou shiyou.
Yes, let's do that.

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