おたく

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of おたく – see the following entries.
お宅
[noun] your home
[noun] (rare) geek
[pronoun] (personal pronoun) you
Alternative spelling
御宅
オタク
[noun] (chiefly derogatory) geek, nerd, freak, no-lifer; one who is obsessed with something to the exclusion of such things as social interaction.
(This term, おたく (otaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)