百ゆ合り

also: ゆる

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

lily

usually written using kana alone

Refers to plants of the genus Lilium. The flower is a common motif in Japanese art and literature.

庭にわに白しろい百ゆ合りが咲さいている。
White lilies are blooming in the garden.
彼かの女じょは誕たん生じょう日びに百ゆ合りの花はな束たばをもらった。
She received a bouquet of lilies for her birthday.

noun

yuri; girls' love

colloquial

Only with reading ゆり / ユリ

Colloquial term for a genre of manga, anime, and novels focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between women. Often contrasted with やおい (boys' love).

Usage patterns

百合ゆりが咲さくfor a lily to bloom
庭にわに白しろい百ゆ合りが咲さいている。
White lilies are blooming in the garden.
百合作品ゆりさくひんa yuri (girls' love) work
最さい近きん人にん気きの百ゆ合り作さく品ひんを読よんでみた。
I read a popular yuri work recently.
百合ゆりの花束はなたばa bouquet of lilies
彼かの女じょに百ゆ合りの花はな束たばを贈おくった。
I gave her a bouquet of lilies.

Expressions

立たてば芍薬座しゃくやくすわれば牡丹歩ぼたんあるく姿すがたは百合ゆりの花はなbeautiful appearance of a woman

Kanji

百hundred
合fit, suit, join

Related words

ガールズラブ sense 2
百合 is the traditional, more nuanced term for female-female romance fiction, while ガールズラブ is a newer, more direct loanword for the same genre.
小百合さゆり
百合 is the common, everyday word for lily, while 小百合 is a more poetic or literary term often used as a female given name.
リリー
ユリ is the native Japanese word for lily used in everyday speech, while リリー is a loanword favored in brand names, poetic writing, or for a Western feel.
ＧＬ
百合 is the traditional Japanese term for female-female romance in fiction, while ＧＬ (girls' love) is the newer, English-derived abbreviation often used in publishing and fandom.

Don't confuse with

やおい sense 2
百合 refers to romantic fiction between women, whereas やおい refers to the parallel genre depicting romance between men.

Counted with

本ほんN5
「本」 is used for lilies when emphasizing the long, stem-like shape of the flower, though 「株」 (for the plant) or 「輪」 (for the blossom) can also be used.

Word family· 23

小百合さゆり
lily
クロユリ
black lily; Kamchatka lily; Kamchatka fritillary
ウミユリ
sea lily; crinoid
ウバユリ
uba lily; Cardiocrinum cordatum
ヒメユリ
morning star lily; star lily

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ヤマユリ
golden-rayed lily; Lilium auratum
白百合しらゆり
white lily
百ゆ合り根ね
lily bulb
ユリカモメ
black-headed gull; hooded gull
ササユリ
Japanese lily; Lilium japonicum
クルマユリ
Lilium medeoloides; wheel lily
オニユリ
tiger lily
乙女おとめ百ゆ合り
maiden lily (Lilium rubellum)

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Written forms

百合Usage40%
- ゆり
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
  Standard kanji spelling for the lily flower. The reading ゆり is a jukujikun.
- ゆる
  out-dated reading
  Obsolete reading for the lily flower; not used in modern Japanese.
ユリUsage31%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used in botanical contexts or for emphasis; also a practical written form for the yuri genre.
ゆりUsage29%
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Kana spelling is common, especially for the yuri genre sense, and is marked as usually written in kana.
ゆる
out-dated reading

Etymology

The kanji 百合 literally mean 'hundred' and 'combine', but the reading ゆり is a jukujikun (meaning-based reading) of uncertain origin. The use for the yuri genre is a modern extension, possibly from the flower's association with femininity or from a magazine title.