百合

• 読み: ゆり
• ローマ字: yuri
• 漢字の分解: 百 (hundred) + 合 (join/fit) → lily flower, used symbolically for female-female romance
• 発音: /jɯ.ɾi/

意味

A genre depicting romantic or emotional relationships between female characters — girls' love.

百合 (literally 'lily') encompasses a wide range of works depicting relationships between women, from subtle emotional bonds to explicit romance. The genre exists across anime, manga, light novels, and games. In fan discourse, 百合 can describe anything from canon romantic relationships to subtextual or fan-interpreted connections between female characters. The community distinguishes between ガチ百合 (serious/explicit yuri) and 百合営業 (yuri fan service).

例文

1. この漫画の百合描写がリアルで好き。
2. 百合アニメで泣ける作品ある？
3. あの二人の関係性完全に百合じゃん。

使い方ガイド

場面: anime discussion, manga reviews, genre categorization, fan communities

トーン: descriptive, appreciative

正しい言い方

• 百合好きにおすすめの作品教えて (Tell me your recommendations for yuri fans)
• この作品の百合要素が最高 (The yuri elements in this series are the best)

避ける言い方

• 現実の同性カップルを「百合」と呼ぶのは失礼 (Calling real-life same-sex couples 'yuri' is disrespectful — it's a fiction genre term)

よくある間違い

• Using 百合 to describe real people's relationships — it primarily refers to fictional works
• Confusing 百合 with GL (girls' love) — they overlap but 百合 has broader connotations in Japanese

起源と歴史

The term 百合 (lily flower) was first used in this context in the 1970s magazine Barazoku. The lily symbolism for female-female relationships mirrors how 薔薇 (bara, rose) was used for male-male relationships. The genre grew significantly in the 2000s-2010s.

文化的背景

時代: 1970s origin, mainstream growth in 2000s-2010s

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Anime/manga community

地域メモ: Used across Japan. 百合 is one of the most internationally recognized Japanese genre terms.