漫画

• 読み: まんが
• ローマ字: manga
• 漢字の分解: 漫 (man) — rambling, whimsical; 画 (ga) — picture, drawing
• 発音: /maɴ.ɡa/

意味

Cartoon; comic; manga. Refers to Japanese-style comics and graphic storytelling.

Encompasses a wide range of drawn storytelling, from newspaper comic strips to full-length serialised graphic novels. In Japan, manga is read by people of all ages and covers every genre imaginable. The word is now used internationally to refer specifically to Japanese comics.

例文

1. 毎週新しい漫画を読んでいます。
2. 子供のとき漫画が大好きでした。
3. この漫画はとても人気があります。

使い方ガイド

場面: entertainment, hobbies, culture

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Coined in the late 18th century, combining 漫 (whimsical, rambling) and 画 (picture). The artist Hokusai popularised the term with his Hokusai Manga sketchbooks in the early 1800s.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal