Barazoku

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of bara. Japanese, uncountable

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Etymology

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.

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