jmdict 2716530 Active (id#1098037)
モテない [spec1] もてない [spec1]
  1. [adj-i]
    • unwelcome
    • nerdish
    • unpopular
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2640260 モテる 1. to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
    • ⇒ see: 1315730 持てる【もてる】 2. to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
History:
    • A 2012-05-24 07:13:42 Rene Malenfant
    • A* 2012-05-24 06:20:46 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      ~20M hits between them.
      Strictly speaking these are not needed, as we have モテる/持てる as entries. If people think this is too much, I'll add them to WWWJDIC's glossing dictionary.
    • Refs
      リーダーズ+プラス, Eijiro (もてない男 = nerd)
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