jmdict 2826219 Active (id#2088300)
モテ期； もて期； 持て期
【 モテき (モテ期)； もてき (もて期, 持て期) 】
  1. [n] [col]
    • period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual
    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
History:
    • A 2020-11-19 02:19:13 Jim Breen
    • Diff
      @@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2640260">モテる</xref>
    • A 2014-12-09 03:22:40 Rene Malenfant
    • Refs
      daijs
もて‐き【持て期】
《多く「もて期」「モテ期」と書く》
ngrams
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      @@ -6,0 +7,6 @@
+<k_ele>
+<keb>もて期</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>持て期</keb>
+</k_ele>
@@ -8,0 +15,6 @@
+<re_restr>モテ期</re_restr>
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>もてき</reb>
+<re_restr>もて期</re_restr>
+<re_restr>持て期</re_restr>
    • A* 2014-12-04 00:57:46 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      I thought I had added this a long time ago but apparently 
not. I've heard it many times on TV.
"with the opposite sex/gender" isn't really ideal because 
if a homosexual man would talk about his モテ期 we would 
naturally assume he's talking about attention from other 
homosexual men
    • Refs
      ngrams
モテ期	35438
    • Diff
      @@ -8 +8 @@
-<reb>もてき</reb>
+<reb>モテき</reb>
@@ -12,2 +12,2 @@
-<misc>&sl;</misc>
-<gloss>the time of life when one is popular (with the opposite gender)</gloss>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<gloss>period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual</gloss>
    • A* 2014-12-03 18:48:51 Rick Papo
    • Comments
      The best single reference I have seen for this is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moteki, though I have seen the reference in other places.
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