Definitions by Allaiyah
bishounen
One of the 3 stages of male beauty most men will never achieve, esp. if they're 3 dimensional & non-asian.
Bisyouta/Bishota: Cute little boy. (usually around 13, wich in Japan, is the age of concent)
Bishounen (commonly mispelled as bishonen); A boy around 14-19 who has femanine qualities & youthfullness that enhance his physical appearence.
Biseinen; A man who has retained androgynous beauty after becoming an adult.
Bisyouta/Bishota: Cute little boy. (usually around 13, wich in Japan, is the age of concent)
Bishounen (commonly mispelled as bishonen); A boy around 14-19 who has femanine qualities & youthfullness that enhance his physical appearence.
Biseinen; A man who has retained androgynous beauty after becoming an adult.
shounenai
Retro term once used in Japan to depics softcore romantic relationships between men, aimed for women's entertainment (& not for mockery either). Some people who have touble adjusting or reading Japanese or staying updated still call it Shounenai, but now it's called BL.
Ningyo
Ningyo; Japanese title for Asian merfolk. Once depicted as man-headed fish who cried tears of pearls, modern Ningyo are depicted like merfolk, only with webbed fingers & ears, long fingers with claws, razor shapr teath, & a bad reputation with fishermen for knocking over boats & stealing whatever they find. While Ningyo have a taste for human flesh, whoever eats their guts (said to be the best part)will live forecer but eternally crave to eat Ningo flesh forever.