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otome

otome is the ellipsis of otome game.

Meaning of otome game

Noun

otome game (plural otome games)

  1. A story-based video game in which the player attempts to establish a romantic relationship between the female player character and one of several (usually male) love interests.
    • The otome games are marketed heavily toward female gamers, something generally uncommon with video game marketing. As of this writing, several game developers have invested in localizing otome games originally released only in Japan into English.2017, Amy M. Green, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Storytelling in Video Games: The Art of the Digital Narrative
    Synonyms:
    otome

Forms of otome

pluralotomes

Origin of otome

From Japanese 乙女 (otome, “young girl; maiden”).

Phrases with otome

Questions about otome

What is otome the ellipsis of?
Otome is the ellipsis of otome game.

Words near otome in the dictionary

  1. Otomangueanist
  2. Otomangueanists
  3. otomassage
  4. otomastoid
  5. otomastoiditis
  6. otome
  7. otome game
  8. otome games
  9. otomes
  10. otometric
  11. otometry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: otome (page history and authors); otome game (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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