モテテク
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[n]
[sl]
《from モテる and テク》
- (one's) game (esp. in dating)
- attraction techniques
- methods of making oneself more attractive
- pickup skills
History:
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A 2026-02-07 20:03:04 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> (id#2359793)
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A* 2026-02-07 09:12:03 Sombrero1 (id#2359773) - Comments
Saw this word a few times in youtube videos recently. A bit difficult to gloss, but I think the rather slangy English word "game" may be a good fit.
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Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮ │ モテテク │ 2,370 │100.0% │ │ もててく │ 0 │ 0.0% │ ╰─ーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯ https://oggi.jp/5048324 https://woman.mynavi.jp/article/161020-264/ https://mbp-japan.com/kyoto/kyotocl/column/2613118/ https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=got+game https://www.quora.com/What-does-it-mean-to-have-game-when-dating Also seen it quite often with that meaning on social media over the past few years. .
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