bara
A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men…A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
Meaning
4 senses(Japanese, uncountable)A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
(Japanese, broadly, uncountable)A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
(Japanese, broadly, uncountable)Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
(Japanese, informal)A capybara.
Origin
Short for barazoku, from Japanese 薔薇族 (barazoku, literally “rose tribe”), referencing theShort 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.
Clipping of capybara.
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Forms
plural: baras| Singular | bara |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable