#romance
61 words tagged “romance”
Genuine romantic love for an idol or VTuber.
The umbrella genre for male-male romance media, mainly for women.
Boy-crazy for men in uniform — the 1940s term for a girl smitten with soldiers.
to make romantic advances toward someone
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A sweetly, openly affectionate and lovestruck character.
A character who aggressively serves their love interest's every wish.
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Manga/anime centred on romance between women.
Devotion to a fictional character as an ideal romantic partner.
Describing a character worthy of being someone's waifu.
A 'girl game' built around romancing anime-style girls.
The breakup letter every soldier dreaded — the homefront sweetheart calling it off while he's away.
Anime/manga aimed at teenage girls, often romance-focused.
Flapper brush-off meaning no more kissing or canoodling tonight, fella.
To kiss and cuddle; to court or 'go with' someone
The trope where the love interests are forced to share a single bed.
A playful jive way to say 'give me a kiss.'
Love Interest — the character the protagonist is falling for.
Youth slang for 'the person you like' or a crush.
Onomatopoeia for a pounding, excited heartbeat
A love interest whose ethics bend — dangerous, magnetic, not quite the villain.
The dizzy early stage of new infatuation.
Having a crush on someone.
Softer male-male romance without explicit content
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Happy For Now — couple's together, future open.
A flapper's flirty question: do you want to kiss me now or later?
Pretend relationship that, shockingly, becomes real.
The climactic love-confession scene of a romance.
A person you have romantic feelings for.
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Chili-pepper rating of how explicit a romance book gets.
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To kiss passionately.
Mutual loathing curdles into devotion.
Male-male romance with emotional focus and no explicit content.
Mature content — open to view.
To kiss someone
Romance subgenre that leans into the taboo — morally grey leads, violence, dubcon, kidnap plots.