マンガ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of マンガ – see the following entry.

[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)

(This term, マンガ (manga), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)