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"2": "أُوتَاكُو",
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"expansion": "→ Arabic: أُوتَاكُو (ʔūtākū)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Arabic: أُوتَاكُو (ʔūtākū)"
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"expansion": "→ Bengali: ওতাকু (ōtaku)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Bengali: ওতাকু (ōtaku)"
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"1": "zh",
"2": "-",
"der": "1"
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"text": "⇒ Chinese:"
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"1": "cmn",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
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"1": "御宅族"
},
"expansion": "御宅族 (yùzháizú)",
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"text": "Mandarin: 御宅族 (yùzháizú)"
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"args": {
"1": "宅男"
},
"expansion": "宅男 (zháinán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Mandarin: 宅男 (zháinán)"
},
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"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
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{
"args": {
"1": "宅女"
},
"expansion": "宅女 (zháinǚ)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Mandarin: 宅女 (zháinǚ)"
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"1": "en",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ English: otaku"
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "de",
"2": "Otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Otaku"
},
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"depth": 1,
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"1": "el",
"2": "οτάκου",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: οτάκου (otákou)",
"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Greek: οτάκου (otákou)"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "אוֹטָאקוּ",
"bor": "1",
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"expansion": "→ Hebrew: אוֹטָאקוּ (otáku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: אוֹטָאקוּ (otáku)"
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"1": "it",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: otaku"
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"1": "ko",
"2": "오타쿠",
"3": "오덕후",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 오타쿠 (otaku), 오덕후 (odeokhu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오타쿠 (otaku), 오덕후 (odeokhu)"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "ओताकु",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: ओताकु (otāku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: ओताकु (otāku)"
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"1": "fa",
"2": "اتاکو",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "otâku"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: اتاکو (otâku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: اتاکو (otâku)"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ота́ку",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: ота́ку (otáku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: ота́ку (otáku)"
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: otaku"
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "โอะตะกุ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ò-dtà-gù"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù)"
}
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"1": "ja",
"2": "お宅",
"tr": "otaku"
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"name": "m"
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"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "宅",
"3": "",
"4": "home",
"tr": "taku"
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From お宅 (otaku), the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”), referring to 1982–1983 Macross fans, or perhaps earlier; see Wikipedia discussion.",
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"tags": [
"romanization"
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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{
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w"
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{
"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Fans (people)",
"orig": "ja:Fans (people)",
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"Culture",
"Human",
"Society",
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"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "2002, 山田裕康 [Yamada Hiroyasu], LDの可能性を広げる, page 11",
"ruby": [
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"多",
"おお"
],
[
"友",
"とも"
],
[
"達",
"だち"
],
[
"興",
"きょう"
],
[
"味",
"み"
],
[
"飽",
"あ"
],
[
"飽",
"あ"
],
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"車",
"しゃ"
],
[
"時",
"じ"
],
[
"刻",
"こく"
],
[
"表",
"ひょう"
],
[
"便",
"べん"
],
[
"所",
"じょ"
],
[
"明",
"あけ"
],
[
"智",
"ち"
],
[
"光",
"みつ"
],
[
"秀",
"ひで"
],
[
"番",
"ばん"
],
[
"組",
"ぐみ"
],
[
"細",
"こま"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
],
[
"題",
"だい"
],
[
"君",
"くん"
],
[
"持",
"も"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "しかし、多くの友達にとってはそんなことにはまったく興味はなく、「またかよ〜」と飽き飽きしているのですが、「電車の時刻表」、「ポットン便所」、「明智光秀」、「テレビ番組の細かすぎるオタク」と、どんな話題からもルド君はそちらに持って行ってしまうのです。\nShikashi, ōku no tomodachi ni totte wa sonna koto ni wa mattaku kyōmi wa naku,“mata ka yo~” to akiaki shiteiru no desu ga,“densha no jikokuhyō”,“potton benjo”,“Akechi Mitsuhide”,“terebi bangumi no komakasugiru otaku” to, donna wadai kara mo Rudo-kun wa sochira ni motte itte shimau no desu."
},
{
"english": "Statisticians are after all liable to be thought of as number geeks and graph makers, but that is obviously a mistaken interpretation.",
"ref": "2004, Jim Albert, Jay Bennett, translated by 加藤貴昭 [Katō Yoshiaki], メジャーリーグの数理科学 (上) [Major league mathematical science (first part)], page 58",
"roman": "Tōkeigakusha wa shosen, sūji otaku ya gurafu sakuseisha to omoware gachi da ga, sore wa akiraka ni machigatta kaishaku dearu.",
"ruby": [
[
"統",
"とう"
],
[
"計",
"けい"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
],
[
"者",
"しゃ"
],
[
"所",
"しょ"
],
[
"詮",
"せん"
],
[
"数",
"すう"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
],
[
"作",
"さく"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
],
[
"者",
"しゃ"
],
[
"思",
"おも"
],
[
"明",
"あき"
],
[
"間",
"まち"
],
[
"違",
"が"
],
[
"解",
"かい"
],
[
"釈",
"しゃく"
]
],
"text": "統計学者は所詮、数字オタクやグラフ作成者と思われがちだが、それは明らかに間違った解釈である。"
},
{
"english": "And now in Japan as well tea houses have come to be enjoyed not by eccentric geeks but by stylish women.",
"ref": "2006, 亜洲奈みづほ [Asuna Mizuho], 台湾事始め",
"roman": "Ima ya Nihon de mo chageikan ga, ekisentorikku na otaku de wa naku, oshare na josei-tachi ni tanoshimareru yō ni natta.",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"いま"
],
[
"日",
"に"
],
[
"本",
"ほん"
],
[
"茶",
"ちゃ"
],
[
"芸",
"げい"
],
[
"館",
"かん"
],
[
"女",
"じょ"
],
[
"性",
"せい"
],
[
"楽",
"たの"
]
],
"text": "今や日本でも茶芸館が、エキセントリックなオタクではなく、おしゃれな女性たちに楽しまれるようになった。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"geek, nerd, freak; one who is obsessed with something to the exclusion of such things as social interaction."
],
"id": "en-オタク-ja-noun-5aKc2N~J",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"geek",
"geek"
],
[
"nerd",
"nerd"
],
[
"freak",
"freak"
],
[
"social",
"social"
],
[
"interaction",
"interaction"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly derogatory) geek, nerd, freak; one who is obsessed with something to the exclusion of such things as social interaction."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "otaku",
"word": "おたく"
},
{
"roman": "otaku",
"word": "ヲタク"
},
{
"roman": "ota",
"word": "ヲタ"
},
{
"roman": "ota",
"sense": "short",
"word": "オタ"
}
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Otaku#Etymology",
"The Super Dimension Fortress Macross",
"ja:オタク"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "オタク"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞ta̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
"word": "オタク"
}
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ar",
"2": "أُوتَاكُو",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Arabic: أُوتَاكُو (ʔūtākū)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Arabic: أُوتَاكُو (ʔūtākū)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bn",
"2": "ওতাকু",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bengali: ওতাকু (ōtaku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bengali: ওতাকু (ōtaku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "-",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Chinese:",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Chinese:"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "御宅族"
},
"expansion": "御宅族 (yùzháizú)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "Mandarin: 御宅族 (yùzháizú)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "宅男"
},
"expansion": "宅男 (zháinán)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Mandarin: 宅男 (zháinán)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "-",
"der": "1"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Mandarin:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "宅女"
},
"expansion": "宅女 (zháinǚ)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Mandarin: 宅女 (zháinǚ)"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: otaku"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ German: Otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ German: Otaku"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "el",
"2": "οτάκου",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Greek: οτάκου (otákou)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Greek: οτάκου (otákou)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "he",
"2": "אוֹטָאקוּ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "otáku"
},
"expansion": "→ Hebrew: אוֹטָאקוּ (otáku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hebrew: אוֹטָאקוּ (otáku)"
},
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Italian: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Italian: otaku"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "ko",
"2": "오타쿠",
"3": "오덕후",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Korean: 오타쿠 (otaku), 오덕후 (odeokhu)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Korean: 오타쿠 (otaku), 오덕후 (odeokhu)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mr",
"2": "ओताकु",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Marathi: ओताकु (otāku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Marathi: ओताकु (otāku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fa",
"2": "اتاکو",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "otâku"
},
"expansion": "→ Persian: اتاکو (otâku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Persian: اتاکو (otâku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ота́ку",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: ота́ку (otáku)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: ота́ку (otáku)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "otaku",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: otaku",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Spanish: otaku"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "th",
"2": "โอะตะกุ",
"bor": "1",
"tr": "ò-dtà-gù"
},
"expansion": "→ Thai: โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Thai: โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù)"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "お宅",
"tr": "otaku"
},
"expansion": "お宅 (otaku)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "宅",
"3": "",
"4": "home",
"tr": "taku"
},
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"form": "otaku",
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"expansion": "オタク • (otaku)",
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"lang_code": "ja",
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"categories": [
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"Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
"Japanese katakana",
"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples",
"Requests for translations of Japanese usage examples",
"ja:Fans (people)"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, 山田裕康 [Yamada Hiroyasu], LDの可能性を広げる, page 11",
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"多",
"おお"
],
[
"友",
"とも"
],
[
"達",
"だち"
],
[
"興",
"きょう"
],
[
"味",
"み"
],
[
"飽",
"あ"
],
[
"飽",
"あ"
],
[
"電",
"でん"
],
[
"車",
"しゃ"
],
[
"時",
"じ"
],
[
"刻",
"こく"
],
[
"表",
"ひょう"
],
[
"便",
"べん"
],
[
"所",
"じょ"
],
[
"明",
"あけ"
],
[
"智",
"ち"
],
[
"光",
"みつ"
],
[
"秀",
"ひで"
],
[
"番",
"ばん"
],
[
"組",
"ぐみ"
],
[
"細",
"こま"
],
[
"話",
"わ"
],
[
"題",
"だい"
],
[
"君",
"くん"
],
[
"持",
"も"
],
[
"行",
"い"
]
],
"text": "しかし、多くの友達にとってはそんなことにはまったく興味はなく、「またかよ〜」と飽き飽きしているのですが、「電車の時刻表」、「ポットン便所」、「明智光秀」、「テレビ番組の細かすぎるオタク」と、どんな話題からもルド君はそちらに持って行ってしまうのです。\nShikashi, ōku no tomodachi ni totte wa sonna koto ni wa mattaku kyōmi wa naku,“mata ka yo~” to akiaki shiteiru no desu ga,“densha no jikokuhyō”,“potton benjo”,“Akechi Mitsuhide”,“terebi bangumi no komakasugiru otaku” to, donna wadai kara mo Rudo-kun wa sochira ni motte itte shimau no desu."
},
{
"english": "Statisticians are after all liable to be thought of as number geeks and graph makers, but that is obviously a mistaken interpretation.",
"ref": "2004, Jim Albert, Jay Bennett, translated by 加藤貴昭 [Katō Yoshiaki], メジャーリーグの数理科学 (上) [Major league mathematical science (first part)], page 58",
"roman": "Tōkeigakusha wa shosen, sūji otaku ya gurafu sakuseisha to omoware gachi da ga, sore wa akiraka ni machigatta kaishaku dearu.",
"ruby": [
[
"統",
"とう"
],
[
"計",
"けい"
],
[
"学",
"がく"
],
[
"者",
"しゃ"
],
[
"所",
"しょ"
],
[
"詮",
"せん"
],
[
"数",
"すう"
],
[
"字",
"じ"
],
[
"作",
"さく"
],
[
"成",
"せい"
],
[
"者",
"しゃ"
],
[
"思",
"おも"
],
[
"明",
"あき"
],
[
"間",
"まち"
],
[
"違",
"が"
],
[
"解",
"かい"
],
[
"釈",
"しゃく"
]
],
"text": "統計学者は所詮、数字オタクやグラフ作成者と思われがちだが、それは明らかに間違った解釈である。"
},
{
"english": "And now in Japan as well tea houses have come to be enjoyed not by eccentric geeks but by stylish women.",
"ref": "2006, 亜洲奈みづほ [Asuna Mizuho], 台湾事始め",
"roman": "Ima ya Nihon de mo chageikan ga, ekisentorikku na otaku de wa naku, oshare na josei-tachi ni tanoshimareru yō ni natta.",
"ruby": [
[
"今",
"いま"
],
[
"日",
"に"
],
[
"本",
"ほん"
],
[
"茶",
"ちゃ"
],
[
"芸",
"げい"
],
[
"館",
"かん"
],
[
"女",
"じょ"
],
[
"性",
"せい"
],
[
"楽",
"たの"
]
],
"text": "今や日本でも茶芸館が、エキセントリックなオタクではなく、おしゃれな女性たちに楽しまれるようになった。"
}
],
"glosses": [
"geek, nerd, freak; one who is obsessed with something to the exclusion of such things as social interaction."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"geek",
"geek"
],
[
"nerd",
"nerd"
],
[
"freak",
"freak"
],
[
"social",
"social"
],
[
"interaction",
"interaction"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly derogatory) geek, nerd, freak; one who is obsessed with something to the exclusion of such things as social interaction."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Otaku#Etymology",
"The Super Dimension Fortress Macross",
"ja:オタク"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "オタク"
},
{
"ipa": "[o̞ta̠kɯ̟ᵝ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "otaku",
"word": "おたく"
},
{
"roman": "otaku",
"word": "ヲタク"
},
{
"roman": "ota",
"sense": "short",
"word": "オタ"
},
{
"roman": "ota",
"word": "ヲタ"
}
],
"word": "オタク"
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
"path": [
"オタク"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "オタク",
"trace": ""
}
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