"otaku" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əʊˈtɑːkuː/ [UK], [əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː] [UK], /oʊˈtɑku/ [US], [o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu] [US] Audio: en-us-otaku.ogg Forms: otakus [plural], otaku [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese オタク (otaku, “anime obsessive, geek”) originally used in reference to the 1982 Macross fandom, from the honorific form お宅 (otaku, “you”), from the honorific form 宅 (taku, “home”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|オタク||anime obsessive, geek|tr=otaku}} Japanese オタク (otaku, “anime obsessive, geek”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|otaku}} otaku (plural otakus or otaku)
  1. (fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga. Wikipedia link: Macross, otaku Tags: slang Categories (topical): Fandom, Fans (people), Japanese fiction Hypernyms: geek, anorak [UK] Hyponyms: weeb (english: non-Japanese people) Derived forms: otakuism, otakukin Related terms: fanboy, fangirl, geek, mangaka, weeaboo [derogatory] Translations (one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga): أُوتَاكُو (ʔūtākū) [masculine] (Arabic), عُطَاكُو (ʕuṭākū) [masculine] (Arabic), ওতাকু (ōtaku) (Bengali), 御宅族 (alt: jyu⁶ zaak⁶⁻² zuk⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 宅男 (zháinán) (english: male nerd/introvert) (Chinese Mandarin), 宅女 (zháinǚ) (english: female nerd/introvert) (Chinese Mandarin), 粉絲 (Chinese Mandarin), 粉丝 (fěnsī) (Chinese Mandarin), 二次元 (èrcìyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), ACG (english: fan) (Chinese Mandarin), 御宅族 (yùzháizú) (Chinese Mandarin), 哈日族 (hāRìzú) (Chinese Mandarin), 死宅 (sǐzhái) (english: one obsessed with Japanese things/weeaboo) (Chinese Mandarin), otako (Esperanto), otaku (Finnish), otaku [feminine, masculine] (French), Otaku [masculine] (German), οτάκου (otákou) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), אוֹטָאקוּ (otáku) [masculine] (Hebrew), otaku [feminine, masculine] (Italian), オタク (Japanese), ヲタク (otaku) (Japanese), おたく (kana) (Japanese), 오타쿠 (otaku) (Korean), 오덕후 (odeokhu) (Korean), 씹덕 (ssipdeok) [derogatory, vulgar] (Korean), отаку (otaku) [masculine] (Macedonian), ओताकु (otāku) [masculine] (Marathi), اتاکو (otâku) (Persian), otaku [masculine] (Polish), otaku [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), otaku [feminine, masculine] (Romanian), ота́ку (otáku) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), отаку [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), otaku [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), otaku [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù) (Thai), ота́ку (otáku) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)

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    },
    {
      "word": "geek"
    },
    {
      "word": "mangaka"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "derogatory"
      ],
      "word": "weeaboo"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Cantonese translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Marathi translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "en:Fandom",
        "en:Fans (people)",
        "en:Japanese fiction"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "obsessive",
          "obsessive"
        ],
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "Japanese",
          "Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "fan",
          "fan"
        ],
        [
          "anime",
          "anime"
        ],
        [
          "manga",
          "manga"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Macross",
        "otaku"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊˈtɑːkuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[əʊ̯ˈtʰɑːkʰuː]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈtɑku/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[o̞ʊ̯ˈtʰɑkʰu]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-otaku.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-otaku.ogg/En-us-otaku.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-otaku.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔūtākū",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أُوتَاكُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕuṭākū",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عُطَاكُو"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "ōtaku",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "ওতাকু"
    },
    {
      "alt": "jyu⁶ zaak⁶⁻² zuk⁶",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "御宅族"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "male nerd/introvert",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zháinán",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "宅男"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "female nerd/introvert",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zháinǚ",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "宅女"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "粉絲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fěnsī",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "粉丝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "èrcìyuán",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "二次元"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "fan",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "ACG"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùzháizú",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "御宅族"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hāRìzú",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "哈日族"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "one obsessed with Japanese things/weeaboo",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sǐzhái",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "死宅"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "otako"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "otaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Otaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "otákou",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οτάκου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "otáku",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אוֹטָאקוּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "otaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "オタク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "otaku",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "ヲタク"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kana",
      "sense": "one with an obsessive interest in something such as anime or manga",
      "word": "おたく"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "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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