boys' love
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boys' love
Where it comes from
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from boys + love.
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a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi
Similar: BL
Translations
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noun Translations
| 日本語 | やおい yaoi, ボーイズラブ bōizu rabu, BL (bīeru) |
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| 中文 | 少年愛 /少年爱 shàoniánài, 耽美 dānměi |
| हिन्दी | याओई yāoī, बॉयज़ लव bŏyaz lav, लड़कों का प्यार laṛkõ kā pyār |
| العربية | ياوي yaoi, بي إل BL, حب الفتيان ḥubb al-fityān |
Talk about this word "boys' love." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boys'%20love. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boys' love. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boys'%20love "boys' love." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boys'%20love.Cite this
@misc{boys_love_2026,
title = {boys' love},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boys'%20love},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
