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noun
A Japanese visual novel of a genre characterized by melodramatic plots intended to move the player to tears.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
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.
