少年愛

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Chinese[edit]

early youth; juvenile; youngster
 
to love; affection; to be fond of
to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (少年愛) 少年
simp. (少年爱) 少年

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Noun[edit]

少年愛

  1. pederasty

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 2
ねん
Grade: 1
あい
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

(しょう)(ねん) (shōnen, boy) + (あい) (ai, love)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]
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Noun[edit]

 少年愛 on Japanese Wikipedia
 少年愛 (少女漫画) on Japanese Wikipedia

(しょう)(ねん)(あい) (shōnen'ai

  1. pederasty, love toward adolescent boys
    • 2008, Kiryū Misao, Sekai jōshi taizen: ‘ai’ to ‘shi’ to ‘eros’ no bigaku [World collection of lovers’ suicide: aesthetics of ‘love’ and ‘death’ and ‘eros’], page 1:
      (にん)(げん)(にく)(たい)、とくに(きん)(せい)のとれた(せい)(ねん)(にく)(たい)はもっとも(うつく)しいものとして(しょう)(さん)された。(どう)(せい)()(しん)()れる()(かい)(おお)いことは、いやでも(わか)(もの)(しょう)(ねん)(あい)()()めさせずにはおかなかった。
      Ningen no nikutai, tokuni kinsei no toreta seinen no nikutai wa mottomo utsukushī mono to shite shōsansareta. Dōsei no rashin ni fureru kikai no ōi koto wa, iya de mo wakamono ni shōnen'ai o mezamesasezu ni wa okanakatta.
      The human body, especially the well-proportioned body of a young man, was widely admired as the greatest beauty. The many opportunities to come into contact of with naked bodies of the same sex could not help but awaken a sense of pederasty in young men.
  2. (manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)

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