やおい

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of やおい – see the following entry.
【矢追】
[proper noun] a surname
(This term, やおい (yaoi), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

An acronym of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”), 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”), and 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.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やおい [yàóí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ja̠o̞i]

Noun

やおい • (yaoi) 

  1. (neologism, slang) yaoi
Usage notes
Descendants
  • → English: yaoi
  • → French: yaoi
  • → Korean: 야오이 (yaoi)
  • → Russian: яо́й (jaój)

See also

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