otaku; geek; nerd; enthusiast
Colloquial abbreviation of オタク. Used as a noun or suffix to label someone deeply into a subculture (anime, games, idols, trains, etc.). Can be self-deprecating, affectionate, or mildly derogatory depending on context.
See also: オタク
He's a hardcore anime otaku.
I went to a gathering of train nerds.
He's a train otaku and always goes station-hopping on his days off.
I watched so much anime that I became a total otaku.
otagei; wotagei; fan dance and chants at idol concerts
otaku car; anime-decorated car
male idol otaku; guy obsessed with female idols
Common slang spelling using katakana ヲ for a distinctive otaku feel.
Katakana spelling with オ; less marked than ヲタ but still slangy.
Abbreviation of オタク (otaku), itself originally a polite second-person pronoun that came to refer to obsessive fans. The exact derivation is uncertain, but the shortened form emerged in otaku subculture.