モテ期き

noun

period of romantic popularity

Colloquial term for a phase in life when one suddenly receives more romantic attention than usual. Often used humorously or self-deprecatingly.

See also: モテる

• 大だい学がく生せいのとき、突とつ然ぜんモテ期きが来きた。

  When I was in college, I suddenly had a period of romantic popularity.

• 彼かれは今いまモテ期きらしくて、毎まい日にちデートの誘さそいがあるそうだ。

  He seems to be in a popular phase now, and I hear he gets asked out every day.