"やおい" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠o̞i] Forms: yaoi [romanization]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{ja-see|矢追}}, {{ja-blend|山%無し|やま% なし|落ち無し|おち なし|意味%無し|いみ% なし|nocap=1|t1=no climax|t2=no point|t3=no meaning}} 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”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} やおい • (yaoi)
  1. (neologism, slang) yaoi Wikipedia link: ja:やおい Tags: neologism, slang Synonyms: 801 (ruby: 8(), 0(), 1()) (alt: yaoi), や○い (yaoi) (ruby: ()) Related terms: ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), ホモ (homo), 腐女子 (fujoshi) (ruby: 腐女子(ふじょし))
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for やおい meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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