8種日本“宅”

The 8 Types of Japanese Otaku

1. Anime / Manga Otaku

V irtually everyone in J apan has read manga or watched anime at some point. However， some people are obsessed① with it.

2. Cosplay Otaku

Cosplay Otaku are into wearing costumes and role playing. In many cases cosplay otaku are highly social and gain friends through cosplay activities. T hey may spend large amounts of money attending events and buying costumes②.

3. Game Otaku

Game Otaku spend much of their time playing games. T hey usually establish③ social connections in virtual worlds with people they may never physically meet.

4. Idol JPop Otaku （Wota）

A Wota is obsessed with female or male idols （often JPop idols）.

5. Figure otaku

Figure Moe Zoku can be translated as \"figurine lover gang\". It’s a term for collectors of Anime / Manga figures. These figures are often highly realistic.

6. Train Otaku （Tetsudou Otaku）

There are plenty of trains in Japan. Tetsudou Otaku are obsessed with photographing trains and/or riding trains. They may also be interested in train uniforms and model trains.

7. Robot Otaku

J apan invests④ far more than any other country in robot research. Many J apanese robots are frighteningly advanced.

8. Pasocon Otaku

Pasocon Otaku are obsessed with computer technology. T hey study hardware and software specifications in detail. They enjoy discussing the latest devices. They may spend large amounts of time configuring and customizing⑤ software. In some cases， they become experts at computer programming or network security.

1.日本漫畫宅

日本的幾乎所有人都在某種程度上讀過或看過漫畫，但是，有些人對漫畫很癡迷。

2.角色扮演宅

角色扮演宅喜歡穿華麗的衣服、喜歡扮演角色。很多時候，角色扮演宅擅長于社交，能通過角色扮演活動認識朋友。他們會花費大量的金錢去參加大型活動、購買奇裝異服。

3.游戲宅

游戲宅會花很多時間玩兒游戲。他們通常在虛擬世界里跟可能永遠不會見面的人們建立社交聯系。

4.偶像宅

偶像宅迷戀男性或女性偶像（通常是日本流行音樂偶像）。

5.手辦宅

手辦宅可以譯為“熱愛手辦族”，描述收集動漫手辦的人。這些手辦常常高度逼真。

6.火車宅

日本有許許多多的火車。火車宅熱衷于拍攝火車或乘坐火車，或兩者兼而有之。他們也會對火車制服和火車模型感興趣。

7.機器人宅

日本對機器人研究的投資遠遠于其他任何一個國家。許多日本機器人先進到驚人的地步。

8.電腦宅

電腦宅熱衷于電腦科技。他們詳細研究硬件和軟件的說明書，喜歡談論最新的設備，花大量時間配置和定做軟件。某些情況下，他們成了電腦編程或網絡安全的專家。