まんが

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of まんが – see the following entries.

【漫画】 [noun] (drawing, painting) a drawing or painting made as one pleases without restraint, such as those by Hokusai [noun] (art) a caricature (pictorial representation of someone or something for comic effect) [noun] a comic (cartoon story) Alternative spelling マンガ

【馬鍬】 [noun] [from 1595] alternative form of 馬鍬 (maguwa)

(This term, まんが (manga), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)