少年愛

Chinese

		early youth; juvenile; youngster	to love; affection; to be fond of to love; affection; to be fond of; to like
trad. (少年愛)		少年	愛
simp. (少年爱)		少年	爱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàonián'ài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàonián'ài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàonián-ài
    • Wade–Giles: shao⁴-nien²-ai⁴
    • Yale: shàu-nyán-ài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shawnianay
    • Palladius: шаоняньай (šaonjanʹaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ni̯ɛn³⁵ ˀaɪ̯⁵¹/

Noun

少年愛

1. pederasty

Japanese

Kanji in this term
少	年	愛
しょう Grade: 2	ねん Grade: 1	あい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

Noun

少(しょう)年(ねん)愛(あい) • (shōnen'ai) 

1. pederasty, love toward adolescent boys
   • 2008, Kiryū Misao, Sekai jōshi taizen: ‘ai’ to ‘shi’ to ‘eros’ no bigaku [World collection of lovers’ suicide: aesthetics of ‘love’ and ‘death’ and ‘eros’], page 1:

     人(にん)間(げん)の肉(にく)体(たい)、とくに均(きん)整(せい)のとれた青(せい)年(ねん)の肉(にく)体(たい)はもっとも美(うつく)しいものとして称(しょう)賛(さん)された。同(どう)性(せい)の裸(ら)身(しん)に触(ふ)れる機(き)会(かい)の多(おお)いことは、いやでも若(わか)者(もの)に少(しょう)年(ねん)愛(あい)を目(め)覚(ざ)めさせずにはおかなかった。

     Ningen no nikutai, tokuni kinsei no toreta seinen no nikutai wa mottomo utsukushī mono to shite shōsansareta. Dōsei no rashin ni fureru kikai no ōi koto wa, iya de mo wakamono ni shōnen'ai o mezamesasezu ni wa okanakatta.

     The human body, especially the well-proportioned body of a young man, was widely admired as the greatest beauty. The many opportunities to come into contact of with naked bodies of the same sex could not help but awaken a sense of pederasty in young men.

2. (manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)

Synonyms

• (pederasty): 少(しょう)年(ねん)愛(あい)嗜(し)好(こう) (shōnen'aishikō)