yaoi

See also: Yaoi

English

Etymology

From Japanese やおい (yaoi), 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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊi/, enPR: youʹē

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊi

Noun

yaoi (countable and uncountable, plural yaoi or yaois)

1. (pornography, anime, manga) A form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship.
2. (anime, manga) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more men.

Translations

form of hentai involving two or more males in a gay relationship

• Bengali: ইয়াওই (iẏaōi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: yaoi m
• Esperanto: yaŭojo
• French: yaoi (fr) m
• German: Yaoi
• Hebrew: יאוי
• Hiligaynon: yaoi
• Italian: yaoi
• Japanese: やおい (ja) (yaoi)
• Korean: 야오이 (yaoi)
• Marathi: याओइ (yāoi)
• Mongolian: яои (jaoi)
• Portuguese: yaoi (pt)
• Russian: яо́й (ru) m (jaój)
• Spanish: yaoi
• Turkish: yaoi
• Ukrainian: яо́й (jaój)

See also

• yuri
• bara
• shounen ai
• shoujo ai
• fujoshi

Anagrams

• aiyo

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jaː.ɔi̯/

Noun

yaoi m (uncountable)

1. (anime, manga) yaoi

Japanese

Romanization

yaoi

1. Rōmaji transcription of やおい

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yaoi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑˈoɪ/, [jɑˈo̞.ɪ]
• Rhymes: -oɪ

Noun

yaoi (definite accusative yaoiyi, plural yaoiler)

1. (anime, manga) yaoi

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yaoi
Definite accusative	yaoiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yaoi	yaoiler
Definite accusative	yaoiyi	yaoileri
Dative	yaoiye	yaoilere
Locative	yaoide	yaoilerde
Ablative	yaoiden	yaoilerden
Genitive	yaoinin	yaoilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular yaoim yaoilerim 2nd singular yaoin yaoilerin 3rd singular yaoisi yaoileri 1st plural yaoimiz yaoilerimiz 2nd plural yaoiniz yaoileriniz 3rd plural yaoileri yaoileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular yaoimi yaoilerimi 2nd singular yaoini yaoilerini 3rd singular yaoisini yaoilerini 1st plural yaoimizi yaoilerimizi 2nd plural yaoinizi yaoilerinizi 3rd plural yaoilerini yaoilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular yaoime yaoilerime 2nd singular yaoine yaoilerine 3rd singular yaoisine yaoilerine 1st plural yaoimize yaoilerimize 2nd plural yaoinize yaoilerinize 3rd plural yaoilerine yaoilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular yaoimde yaoilerimde 2nd singular yaoinde yaoilerinde 3rd singular yaoisinde yaoilerinde 1st plural yaoimizde yaoilerimizde 2nd plural yaoinizde yaoilerinizde 3rd plural yaoilerinde yaoilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular yaoimden yaoilerimden 2nd singular yaoinden yaoilerinden 3rd singular yaoisinden yaoilerinden 1st plural yaoimizden yaoilerimizden 2nd plural yaoinizden yaoilerinizden 3rd plural yaoilerinden yaoilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular yaoimin yaoilerimin 2nd singular yaoinin yaoilerinin 3rd singular yaoisinin yaoilerinin 1st plural yaoimizin yaoilerimizin 2nd plural yaoinizin yaoilerinizin 3rd plural yaoilerinin yaoilerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular yaoiyim yaoilerim 2nd singular yaoisin yaoilersin 3rd singular yaoi yaoidir yaoiler yaoilerdir 1st plural yaoiyiz yaoileriz 2nd plural yaoisiniz yaoilersiniz 3rd plural yaoiler yaoilerdir

Derived terms

• yaoici