otaku
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).
Always derogatory when used in Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /əʊˈtɑːkuː/, [əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]
- (US) IPA(key): /oʊˈtɑku/, [o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu]
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Audio (US) (file)
Noun[edit]
otaku (plural otakus or otaku)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “An Introduction to the Otaku Movement” (academic paper in English).
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First recorded in 1992: from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
otaku m, f (invariable)
- (fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
otaku
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
otaku m, f (plural otakus)
- (fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)
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- Italian fandom slang
- it:Japanese fiction
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