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otaku

otaku

English

Noun

otaku ‎(plural otakus)

(fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly anime or manga.

Translations

one with an obsessive interest

Bengali: ওতাকু ‎(otāku)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 御宅族 ‎(jyu⁶ zaak⁶⁻² zuk⁶)

Mandarin: (male nerd) 宅男 (zh) ‎(zháinán), (female nerd) 宅女 (zh) ‎(zháinǚ), 御宅族 (zh) ‎(yùzháizú), (fan) 粉絲 (zh), 粉丝 (zh) ‎(fěnsī), (one obsessed with Japanese things) 哈日族 (zh) ‎(hāRìzú)
Finnish: otaku

French: otaku (fr) m, f
Japanese: オタク ‎(otaku), おたく (ja) ‎(otaku)
Korean: 오타쿠 (ko) ‎(otaku)
Marathi: ओताकु ‎(otāku)
Russian: ота́ку (ru) m, f ‎(otáku)

See also

fanboy, fangirl

References

An Introduction to the Otaku Movement (academic paper in English).

Japanese

Romanization

otaku

rōmaji reading of おたく
rōmaji reading of オタク