bara

Of or related to media in the bara genre.

Adjective

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

Origin

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.

Noun fiction, literature

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

Noun informal

  1. A capybara.

Origin

Clipping of capybara.

Forms

baras