"otome game" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: otome games [plural]
Etymology: Japanese 乙女ゲーム, literally "girl game". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|ja|乙女ゲーム}} Japanese 乙女ゲーム Head templates: {{en-noun}} otome game (plural otome games)
  1. A story-based video game in which the player attempts to establish a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several male characters. Wikipedia link: otome game Categories (topical): Romance fiction, Video game genres Translations (romance simulation game (usually the protagonist is a woman)): 乙女遊戲 (Chinese Cantonese), 乙女游戏 (jyut⁶ neoi⁵ jau⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 少女遊戲 (Chinese Mandarin), 少女游戏 (shàonǚ yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), 乙女ゲーム (otome gēmu) (alt: おとめゲーム) (Japanese), 오토메 게임 (otome geim) (Korean)

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