boys' love

See also: boy's love

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese ボーイズラブ, which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), from English boys + love.

Pronunciation

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Noun

boys' love (uncountable)

1. a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi

   Synonym: (initialism) BL

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 少年愛 / 少年爱 (shàoniánài) (calqued from Japanese), 耽美 (zh) (dānměi)