See yaoi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "याओइ"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "jaoi",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "яои"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "yaoi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jaój",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "яо́й"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "yaoi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "yaoi"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jaój",
"sense": "form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship",
"word": "яо́й"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"yaoi"
],
"word": "yaoi"
}
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