As 'yuri' in Japanese is used an an umbrella term for girl/girl, 'bara' in Japanese is an umbrella term for male/male while 'BL' refers specifically to romance-focused while 'yaoi' refers to 'sex-focused'. The terms 'yuri' and 'bara' literally translate as lily and rose but stem in this usage from the Japanese lesbian magazine Yurizoku and its gay equivalent, Barazoku.