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adj
Of or related to media in the bara genre.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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name
A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
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name
A district in Madhesh province, Nepal.
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name
A commune of Timiș County, Romania.
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name
A village in Bara, Timiș County, Romania.
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noun
A genre of homoerotic media, usually also pornographic, typically created by gay men and targeted at gay men in Japan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, uncountable
Qualifier: strictly
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
A genre of homoerotic or pornographic media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, broadly, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
Any homoerotic or pornographic media that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, broadly, uncountable
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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noun
A capybara.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Japanese, informal
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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History
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.
In Romania, from Romanian Bara.
Clipping of capybara.
