yuri

See also Yuri

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͝orē, IPA: /jʊɹi/, X-SAMPA: /jUr\i/
• Rhymes: -ʊɹi

Etymology

From Japanese 百合 (yuri), "lilly", by analogy to 薔薇 (bara) "rose", indicating gay men. See Yuri_(genre)#Etymology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Yuri_(genre)#Etymology

Noun

yuri (uncountable)

1. (slang, pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more females in a homosexual relationship.
2. (slang, anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more females.

Translations

anime or manga genre

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百合 (cmn) (bǎihé)

• Japanese: 百合 (ja) (ゆり, yuri), ユリ (ja) (yuri), ガールズラブ (ja) (gāruzu rabu) ("girls' love"), ＧＬ (ja)

• Korean: GL (ko), 가르즈라부 (ko) (galeujeu rabu) ("girls' love"), 백합 (ko) (baekap) (百合 (ko))
• Marathi: युरि (mr) (yuri)
• Russian: юри (ru) (júri) m, f, and n (indeclinable)

See also

• yaoi

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Japanese

Romanization

yuri

1. See ゆり
2. See ユリ