Comments on: Cosplish School Opens in Tokyo

By: Airk

Airk — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:36:33 +0000

hey robert! might want to do a little research on your “house” theory…I wonder why you were so fast on wanting to change the geek meaning..hmm?…i wonder

By: Someone

Someone — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:25:11 +0000

Robert, it actually IS commonly used in Japan nowasays to refer to obsessive hobbyists. The exact origin of that usage of the word is debated, but it is generally recognized to be derived from the word’s meaning as a formal second-person pronoun. Perhaps you should do some reading up yourself, before correcting others.

By: J Greely

J Greely — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:07:22 +0000

Robert, if you walk up to a Japanese native and ask “what do you call those people who are obsessed with anime, cosplay, trains, etc”?, the answer will be “otaku”. So, yes, it’s ‘Japanese for geek’, and since it’s been used that way for more than 20 years, you’ll find it in many recent dictionaries.

It also means “your house” or “you”, but if you’re walking around Akihabara, you won’t hear it used that way.

-j

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:58:03 +0000

> The teachers even dress up as manga characters.

I would go to any school like this.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:05:07 +0000

I love how people constantly use the word Otaku and think that it simply means “geek” That isn’t the definition. Otaku is “house” in Japanese. Yeah, people use slang, and it has been picked up as a term for geeks, but that isn’t the translation of the word (so, no, it isn’t “Japanese for geek” like the writer of this article has proclaimed)

I doubt that if someone came up to you and said “Hello, I am a house” you would interpret that as meaning they like anime and video games.

Hmm, a little redundancy in that, and I apologize for that.