"shoujo ai" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Two connected etymologies. Either interpreted as a loan translation of Japanese 少女愛 (shōjo ai), or a specialized neologism created in analogy to shounen ai (少年愛; shōnen ai) using Japanese vocabulary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|少女愛|tr=shōjo ai}} Japanese 少女愛 (shōjo ai) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=shoujo ai}} shoujo ai (uncountable)
  1. (neologism, anime, manga) Anime and manga that explore emotional, but largely platonic, homoerotic relationships between women. Tags: neologism, uncountable Categories (topical): Japanese fiction, Erotic literature, Romance fiction
    Sense id: en-shoujo_ai-en-noun-nnlnQloV Disambiguation of Erotic literature: 39 36 26 Disambiguation of Romance fiction: 43 29 28 Categories (other): English neologisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 19 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 15 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 11 5 Topics: anime, broadcasting, comics, film, literature, manga, media, publishing, television
  2. (slang) A genre of manga, anime, or hentai featuring lesbian sex and romance; yuri. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Erotic literature
    Sense id: en-shoujo_ai-en-noun-Qu9dKYbo Disambiguation of Erotic literature: 39 36 26
  3. (slang) lolicon. Tags: slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Erotic literature, LGBTQ
    Sense id: en-shoujo_ai-en-noun-dwyHnp0Q Disambiguation of Erotic literature: 39 36 26 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 31 16 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: shounen ai, lolicon, yuri, yaoi
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