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noun, masculine/feminine

otaku

/oˈtaku/

noun, masculine/feminine/oˈtaku/plural: otakus

otaku, weeb (a person with an interest in things such as anime or manga)

Borrowed from Japanese オタク (otaku, “nerd, geek”), from お宅 (otaku, honorific for “you”), originally the honorific version of 宅 (taku, “home”).