yaoi

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), a blend of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”) + 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”) + 意味(いみ)無(な)し (imi nashi, “no meaning”), originally mocking those who criticised early yaoi works for being too focused on sex scenes instead of storylines.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊ.i/

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• Rhymes: -aʊi

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

1. (Japanese fiction) A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationships between two or more men.
2. (Japanese pornography) A form of hentai involving two or more men in a gay relationship.

• BL
• shounen ai

• bara

• GL
• shoujo ai
• yuri

• danmei
• fujoshi

• aiyo

• IPA^(key): /jaː.ɔi̯/

yaoi m (uncountable)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

yaoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of やおい

yaoi m (countable and uncountable, plural yaois)

1. (uncountable, Japanese fiction) yaoi (narrative genre)
2. (countable, Japanese fiction) an issue of a yaoi work

   Amo ler meus yaois antes de dormir ― I love to read yaoi [works] before sleep.

Borrowed from English yaoi.

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈoɪ/, [jɑˈo̞.ɪ]
• Rhymes: -oɪ

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

1. (Japanese fiction) yaoi

• yaoici