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漫画 — meaning in English

manga

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English meaning

  • caricature noun A drawing or description that exaggerates someone's features for comic or critical effect.
  • cartoon noun A humorous or satirical drawing, often with a caption.
  • comic adj Funny or intended to amuse; relating to comedy.
  • comics noun Comic books, comic strips, and similar picture-story media as a whole.
  • manga noun A comic or graphic novel originating in Japan.

Senses

漫画 is used for these senses in English:

  • caricature Having the characteristics of a caricature, grotesque.
  • cartoon (comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
  • comics the medium of comic books, comic strips, and other sequential art
  • graphic novel (comics) A comic book containing a single and full nonepisodic story.
  • manga (countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.
  • manga (countable, loosely, sometimes, proscribed) Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

caricature — full definition

  1. noun A drawing or description that exaggerates someone's features for comic or critical effect.
  2. noun An exaggerated or absurd version of something, distorting it beyond recognition.
  3. verb To portray someone or something in an exaggerated, often mocking way.

cartoon — full definition

  1. noun A humorous or satirical drawing, often with a caption.
  2. noun An animated film or television show.
  3. verb To draw in a cartoon style, or to caricature.

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