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shōnen-ai

shōnen-ai is the alternative form of shounen ai.

Meaning of shounen ai

Noun

shounen ai (plural shounen ai)

  1. (Japanese) A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.

Questions about shōnen-ai

What is shōnen-ai the alternative form of?
Shōnen-ai is the alternative form of shounen ai.

Words near shōnen-ai in the dictionary

  1. shōgunate
  2. shōgunates
  3. shōguns
  4. shōjo
  5. shōnen
  6. shōnen-ai
  7. Shōwa
  8. shōyu
  9. shūmai
  10. Shūnan
  11. si

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shōnen-ai (page history and authors); shounen ai (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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