The story
- English · derived fromgame
- Japanese · borrowed from泣きゲー“crying game”
- English todaynakige
Borrowed from Japanese 泣きゲー (nakige, “crying game”), a compound of なき (naki, “crying”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game. Compare tearjerker.
Words from the same roots
Englishgame all →
moegenukigeutsuge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.