bishonenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Japanese 美少年 (bishōnen びしょうねん), from Middle Chinese 美 (mˠiɪX, “beautiful”) + 少年 (ɕiᴇuH nen, “teenaged boy”) (compare Mandarin 少年 (shàonián)).

名詞

bishonen (uncountable)

1. An Asian aesthetic of young men whose beauty (かつ sex appeal) transcends the boundary of gender or sexual orientation, found in manga, etc.
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     Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else.

派生語

• bishie

参考

• girlyman

アナグラム

• shinbone