# bara

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɑː.ɹə/ · frequency rank #48,605

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

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **br** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-br)
- **bay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bay)
- **bro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bro)
- **bat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bat)
- **bra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bra)
- **Bea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bea)
- **Bas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bas)
- **boa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-boa)
- **bor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bor)
- **bla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bla)
- **BRB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-brb)
- **BSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bsa)
- **BPA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bpa)
- **BFA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bfa)
- **baz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-baz)
- **Bri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bri)
- **ber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-ber)
- **BIA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bia)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bur)
- **bru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bara-vs-bru)

## Common misspellings (3)
`baar`, `bbara`, `braa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bara