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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "otaku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"word": "오타쿠"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "odeokhu",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"word": "오덕후"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ssipdeok",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"vulgar"
],
"word": "씹덕"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "otaku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "отаку"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "otāku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ओताकु"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "otâku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"word": "اتاکو"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "otaku"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "otaku"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "otaku"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otáku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ота́ку"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "отаку"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "otaku"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "otaku"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ò-dtà-gù",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"word": "โอะตะกุ"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "otáku",
"sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ота́ку"
}
],
"word": "otaku"
}
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