English Explanatory Dictionary

utsuge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.

Word forms

utsuge utsuges

Etymology

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.

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