boys' love

== English == === Etymology === Phono-semantic matching of Japanese ボーイズラブ (bōizu rabu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from boys +‎ love. === Pronunciation === === Noun === boys' love (uncountable) a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters; yaoi Synonym: (initialism) BL ==== Translations ====