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bara

/ˈbɑː.ɹə/

bara noun: a genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.

Noun (1)

bara (uncountable)

  1. (Japanese, strictly) A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
  2. (Japanese, broadly) A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
  3. (Japanese, broadly) Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.

Adjective

bara (uncountable)

  1. (Japanese) Of or related to media in the bara genre.
    • bara men

Noun (2)

bara (plural baras)

  1. (Japanese, informal) A capybara.

Proper noun capitalized: Bara

Bara

  1. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A district in Madhesh province, Nepal.
  3. A commune of Timiș County, Romania.
  4. A village in Bara, Timiș County, Romania.

bara meaning in Assamese

bara in Assamese

bara
বৰ bor, বৰা bora

Forms of bara

pluralbaras

Origin of bara

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.

Clipping of capybara.

In Romania, from Romanian Bara.

Phrases with bara

Words that rhyme with bara

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Questions about bara

What does bara mean?
Bara means a genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
What is bara in Assamese?
Bara in Assamese is বৰ (bor), বৰা (bora). See Bara meaning in Assamese.
What part of speech is bara?
Bara can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bara?
Bara is pronounced /ˈbɑː.ɹə/.
What is the plural of bara?
The plural of bara is baras.

Words near bara in the dictionary

  1. bar-winged rail
  2. bar-winged rails
  3. bar.
  4. bar/resto
  5. bar/restos
  6. bara
  7. bara brith
  8. Bara-Budur
  9. baraat
  10. baraats
  11. Barabanki

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bara (page history and authors); Bara (page history and authors); বৰ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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