Is otaku a bad word in Japan?

Otaku is a Japanese slang word, deriving from the honorific “おたく” (otaku), meaning “your house”, that has come to mean someone who obsessively exerts time, money, and energy into a hobby. In Japan, otaku has generally regarded as an offensive word, due to the negative cultural perception of withdrawal from society.

What is a otaku in Japanese?

In Japanese, otaku may function as a formal second person pronoun, and also has the meaning of “house.” When it added the meaning of “obsessive enthusiast” and began to be applied to the subcultures of anime, manga, and computer technology, the word had a strongly negative meaning in Japan.

What are the types of otaku?

Nerds Rule: 9 Types of Otaku in Japan

• Manga otaku.
• Anime otaku.
• Voice actor otaku / Seiyuu-ota.
• Railway Otaku / Tecchan or testudo-ota.
• Maid otaku / meido-ota or meidosuki.
• Military and weapons otaku / Gunji-ota.
• Idol otaku / Wota or aidoru-ota.
• Figurine otaku / Figure-ota.

What Utako means?

Song, Child
The name Utako is primarily a female name of Japanese origin that means Song, Child.

What is a female otaku called?

Reki-jo are female otaku who are interested in Japanese history. Some terms refer to a location, such as Akiba-kei, a slang term meaning “Akihabara-style” which applies to those familiar with Akihabara’s culture. Another is Wotagei or otagei (ヲタ芸 or オタ芸), a type of cheering that is part of Akiba-kei.

What does Haru Chan mean?

haru-chan definition, haru-chan meaning | English Cobuild A bruise raised on the body of a sexual partner by very hard kissing / biting / sucking. spelled also hickey.

What is otaku in Japan?

You cannot talk about Otaku in Japan without female idols who are pop singer girl groups including AKB48, Nogizaka46 and Morning Musume. A big fan of them can be looked on as Idol Otaku. They have a passion for buying their CDs and DVDs and frequently going to the concerts and the events they hold.

What is the difference between jiraikei and ryousangata?

In a way it could be considered another genre of ryousangata. While ryousangata styles tend to focus on pink, girly and sparkly makeup, jiraikei can be dark, with heavy eyeliner and dark lips – often deep red and purple is used.

What is a ryousangata aesthetic?

A ryousangata girl is typically very pink, very girly, with eye makeup that focuses on enlarging the eyes, with perfectly groomed hair, nails and perfectly coordinated girly outfits. The most used colours are pink, brown, cream or white, and grey. The most important thing in the aesthetic is femininity and cuteness above all.

What is ototaku culture?

Otaku Culture is one of the most famous Japanese pop cultures worldwide as well as Kawaii Culture, and Otaku is the people who obsessed with some pop cultures such as manga and anime. If you are an Otaku who loves Japanese anime, you can be called “Anime Otaku”.