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ＢＬ
【 ビー・エル； ビーエル 】
1. [n] [abbr]
《from the 和製英語 boys love》
▶ comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
▶ BL
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2162260 ボーイズラブ 1. comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women
2. [n]
▶ bill of lading
▶ BL
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1736220 船荷証券 1. bill of lading; BL



History:
11. A 2025-02-13 03:34:10  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys'_love
"Boys' love (Japanese: ボーイズ ラブ, Hepburn: bōizu rabu), also known by its abbreviation BL (ビーエル, bīeru), is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that depicts homoerotic relationships between male characters."
  Comments: 
Seems it's from Japanese.
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women</gloss>
@@ -19 +19,0 @@
-<gloss>comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women</gloss>
10. A* 2025-02-13 02:08:24 
  Comments: 
Surely this is known as BL in English too?
  Diff: 
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<gloss>BL</gloss>
9. A 2025-02-12 21:21:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8. A* 2025-02-12 13:24:55  Sombrero1 <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
三省堂国語辞典　第八版
　　ビーエル［ＢＬ］｟名｠〔←(和製)boys love〕
　　　　男性同士の恋愛(れんあい)（をあつかった漫画(まんが)・小説など）。ボーイズラブ。

Daijs has it too
I think it's fine to align the gloss with ボーイズラブ's. I don't think there's a difference in usage and meaning between these two.

[Abbr] should be appropriate here since it just is the abbreviated form of ボーイズラブ.

I just saw both a lot on e.g. twitter when searching for it, daijs and sankoku only have the non-nakaguro form for the first sense. So I'd make it visible at least.
  Comments: 
Should these two be in one entry? It might be better to split them.
  Diff: 
@@ -12 +11,0 @@
-<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
@@ -19 +18 @@
-<gloss>male homosexuality</gloss>
+<gloss>comics or novels about male homosexuality, targeted at young women</gloss>
7. A* 2025-02-12 12:58:20 
  Comments: 
Is abbr appropriate here?
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