"お宅" meaning in Japanese

See お宅 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [o̞ta̠kɯ̟] Forms: お宅 [canonical] (ruby: 宅(たく)), otaku [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix, kun'yomi) + 宅 (taku, “home”, on'yomi). Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|御|宅|pos1=honorific prefix, kun'yomi|pos2=on'yomi|sort=おたく|t2=home|tr1=o|tr2=taku}} 御 (o-, honorific prefix, kun'yomi) + 宅 (taku, “home”, on'yomi) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おたく}} お宅(たく) • (otaku)
  1. your home
    Sense id: en-お宅-ja-noun-CkNCZ~eV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 御, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 0
  2. (rare) geek Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-お宅-ja-noun-xRV~vutR Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms prefixed with 御, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms prefixed with 御: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 34 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 54 0

Pronoun

IPA: [o̞ta̠kɯ̟] Forms: お宅 [canonical] (ruby: 宅(たく)), otaku [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 御 (o-, honorific prefix, kun'yomi) + 宅 (taku, “home”, on'yomi). Etymology templates: {{prefix|ja|御|宅|pos1=honorific prefix, kun'yomi|pos2=on'yomi|sort=おたく|t2=home|tr1=o|tr2=taku}} 御 (o-, honorific prefix, kun'yomi) + 宅 (taku, “home”, on'yomi) Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|おたく}} お宅(たく) • (otaku)
  1. (personal pronoun) you Tags: personal, pronoun
    Sense id: en-お宅-ja-pron-uwNHpGjZ Categories (other): Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 17 17 67 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 34 34 31
     
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Download raw JSONL data for お宅 meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  "title": "お宅",
  "trace": ""
}

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