bara

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bara"

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑː.ɹə/, /ˈbæ.ɹə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹə, -æɹə

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

bara (genre)

Wikipedia

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

bara (uncountable)

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

Usage notes

• The term barazoku was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but it has become dated and replaced by other terms such as ガチムチ (gachimuchi).
• The term bara often contrasts with yaoi, which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships.

Adjective

bara (uncountable)

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

   bara men

Etymology 2

Clipping of capybara.

Noun

bara (plural baras)

2. (informal) A capybara.

Anagrams

• Raab, arab, ABAR, Abra, abra, abar, Abar, arba, Arab, Baar, raab

Afar

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈra/ [bʌˈɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bará f 

1. sake

Declension

Declension of bará

absolutive bará predicative bará subjective bará genitive bará Postpositioned forms l-case barál k-case barák t-case barát h-case baráh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbara/ [ˈbʌɾʌ]
• Hyphenation: ba‧ra

Noun

bára

1. predicative of bár

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 68
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)