やおい

Japanese

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.)

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A blend of 山(やま)無(な)し (yama nashi, “no climax”) + 落(お)ち無(な)し (ochi nashi, “no point”) + 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.

やおい • (yaoi)