Word details

少年愛

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 少年愛.

Dictionary

Entry

少年愛しょうねんあいNounFreq #106927
1

pederasty; boy love

2

Manga slang

shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

few, little

4 strokesFrequency 287JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショウ

Kun

すく.ないすこ.し

year, counter for years

6 strokesFrequency 6JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ネン

Kun

とし

Nanori

love, affection, favourite

13 strokesFrequency 640JLPT N2Grade 4

On

アイ

Kun

いと.しいかな.しいめ.でるお.しむまな

Nanori

あしかななるめぐめぐみよしちか

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