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utsuge

utsuge noun: a Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.

Noun

utsuge (plural utsuges or utsuge)

  1. A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.
    • Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.2019, Robert Ciesla, Game Development with Ren'Py: Introduction to Visual Novel Games Using Ren'Py, TyranoBuilder, and Twine, page 90
    • The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.2019, Ema Bícová, "Visual Novel and Its Translation", thesis submitted to Palacký University Olomouc, pages 12-13

Forms of utsuge

pluralutsuges
pluralutsuge

Origin of utsuge

Borrowed from Japanese 鬱ゲー (utsuge, “depressing game”), a combination of 鬱 (utsu, “melancholy, gloom”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

Questions about utsuge

What does utsuge mean?
Utsuge means a Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.
What part of speech is utsuge?
Utsuge is a noun.
What is the plural of utsuge?
The plural of utsuge is utsuges.

Words near utsuge in the dictionary

  1. Utsey
  2. Utseys
  3. Utsire
  4. Utsjoki
  5. UTSL
  6. utsuge
  7. Utsul
  8. Utsuls
  9. Utsumi
  10. Utsunomiya
  11. Utt

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