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shounen ai

shounen ai noun: a narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.

Noun

shounen ai (plural shounen ai)

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

Forms of shounen ai

pluralshounen ai
alternative formshōnen-ai

Origin of shounen ai

Borrowed from Japanese 少年愛 (shōnen ai).

Questions about shounen ai

What does shounen ai mean?
Shounen ai means a narrative or visual work featuring a romance or sexual relationship between two or more males.
What part of speech is shounen ai?
Shounen ai is a noun.
What is the plural of shounen ai?
The plural of shounen ai is shounen ai.

Words near shounen ai in the dictionary

  1. Shoults
  2. Shoultz
  3. Shoultzes
  4. Shoun
  5. shounen
  6. shounen ai
  7. Shouns
  8. Shoup
  9. Shoupe
  10. Shoupes
  11. Shoupista

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