A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
Best Answer: Originally ãå® otaku meant house-and as nerds and geeks tend to hang out in their house the word for them became Otaku. In Japanese Otaku generally refers to a nerd of some sort-most usually a computer nerd with no physical abilities who is heavily into reading and other solitary pursuits.It can also refer to someone who has an unhealthy obsession for anything that is unphysical.n Western cultures the word Otaku has been taken to refer to people who are specifically into Japanese Anime, Games, Cosplay and Basically anyway you look at it the word is negative-more negative that nerd in my opinion. Source(s): JLPT2 - Lived in Japan in Highschool for quite some time.