Definitions For Otaku

Noun

OTAKU (plural s or otaku) (fandom) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly anime or manga.

Derived terms

otakukin

Translations

Arabic: أُوتَاكُو, m Bengali: ওতাকু Chinese: : Cantonese: 御宅族 (jyu6 zaak6-2 zuk6) : Mandarin: {{qualifier, male nerd}} 宅男, tr=zháinán, {{qualifier, female nerd}} 宅女, tr=zháinǚ, 御宅族, tr=yùzháizú, {{qualifier, fan}} 粉絲, 粉丝, tr=fěnsī, {{qualifier, one obsessed with Japanese things}} 哈日族, tr=hāRìzú Finnish: otaku French: otaku, m, f German: Otaku, m Greek: οτάκου, m, f Hebrew: אוֹטָאקוּ, m (otáku) Italian: otaku, m, f Japanese: オタク}}, {{t, ja, ヲタク (otaku) Korean: 오타쿠, 오덕후 Macedonian: отаку, m Marathi: ओताकु, m Persian: اتاکو (otâku) Polish: otaku, m Portuguese: otaku, m, f Romanian: otaku, m, f Russian: ота́ку, m, f Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: отаку, m : Roman: otaku, m Spanish: otaku, m, f Thai: โอะตะกุ (ò-dtà-gù) Ukrainian: ота́ку, m, f

See also

fanboy, fangirl

Etymology

From {{bor, en, ja, オタク, tr=otaku, , nerd, geek}}, from お宅, tr=otaku, pos=honorific for “you”, originally the honorific version of 宅, tr=taku, , home.Always derogatory when used in Japanese.