Usually means: Enthusiast obsessed with Japanese culture.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. otaku: Merriam-Webster
  2. otaku: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. otaku: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Otaku, otaku: Wordnik
  5. otaku: Wiktionary
  6. otaku: Dictionary.com
  7. Otaku: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Anime Glossary (No longer online)
  2. otaku: ANIME AND MANGA GLOSSARY

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. otaku: Netlingo

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Otaku (offensive): Racial Slur Database

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (otaku)

noun:  (fandom slang) One with an obsessive interest in something, particularly (originally derogatory) obsessive Japanese fans of anime or manga.

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