Etymology

bara

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Today it means: A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan. Full definition →

Japanese 薔薇族
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bara · noun, adjective1

  1. Japanese · borrowed from薔薇族
  2. English todaybara

Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing the gay men's magazine Barazoku, which was the first of its kind published in Japan, itself named after a post-World War II term for gay men.

bara · noun2

Clipping of capybara.

Bara · proper noun3

  1. Romanian · derived fromBara
  2. English todayBara

In Romania, from Romanian Bara.

Words from the same roots

Japanese薔薇族 all →

barazoku

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