moege

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noun

A kind of Japanese visual novel featuring moe content, including cute characters and art style.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounmoege (plural moeges or moege)

plural moeges

  1. Internetvideo gamesA kind of Japanese visual novel featuring moe content, including cute characters and art style.

    jp: >>3703876 Look, even Swan Song and Sayonara wo Oshiete are a moege under that standard.

    2009 November 10, @4chanbot, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024
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    Annd more hscenes. These days most good moeges have been mixing up moe with plenty of ero to go with it.

    2013 July 20, @erogethoughts, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024

    Felt like Nakahiro tried to write a plot intensive title with a moege style which I guess can work with some people, not with me

    2014 August 3, @HadlerER, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024

    Fault Milestone is nice and short. It's not a moege but it's cute and the world building is raw kino swag

    2019 October 23, @FarisHalawa1, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024

    I don’t wanna go to work, I just wanna stay home and continue reading Riddle Joker. I’m having waaay too much fun with it, ;w; I always knew I would love reading a moege, but I didn’t think I’d love it *this* much.

    2023 December 15, @moemoepurest, Twitter, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2024

Origin

  1. Englishgame
  2. Englishmoege

Borrowed from Japanese 萌(も)えゲー (moegē), a combination of 萌(も)え (moe, “moe”) and ゲー (gē), a shortening of ゲーム (gēmu, “game”), itself from English game.

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APA

moege. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moege

MLA

“moege.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moege. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moege,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moege.

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