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yuri.

A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjʊɹi/
  1. A narrative or visual work featuring a romantic or sexual relationship between women.

    Japanese · especially · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 百合(ゆり) (yuri, “lily”), by analogy to 薔薇(バラ) (bara, “rose”), indicating love. See Yuri (genre) § “Terminology and etymology” at Wikipedia.

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