otaku

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əʊˈtɑːkuː/, [əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]
• (US) IPA^(key): /oʊˈtɑku/, [o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu]

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otaku (plural otakus or otaku)

1. (fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly anime or manga.

• otakukin

• fanboy, fangirl

• “An Introduction to the Otaku Movement” (academic paper in English).

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”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈta.ku/, [oˈt̪äːku]
• Hyphenation: o‧tà‧ku

otaku m or f (invariable)

1. (fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)

otaku

1. Rōmaji transcription of おたく
2. Rōmaji transcription of オタク

From Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈta.ku/
• Hyphenation: o‧ta‧ku

otaku m or f (plural otakus)

1. (fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)

From Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).

• IPA^(key): /oˈtaku/, [oˈt̪aku]
• Hyphenation: o‧ta‧ku

otaku m or f (plural otakus)

1. (fandom slang) otaku (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga)