漫画家
Chinese edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 漫画家 – see 漫畫家 (“cartoonist; caricaturist; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 漫畫家). |
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Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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漫 | 画 | 家 |
まん Grade: S |
が Grade: 2 |
か Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
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漫畫家 (kyūjitai) マンガ家 |
Etymology edit
漫画 (manga, “comics”) + 家 (-ka, “-ist”)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
漫画家 or 漫画家 • (mangaka) ←まんぐわか (mangwaka)?
- a cartoonist; a comics artist
- 2007 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi, “メモリーオフ 前編 [Memory Off: First Chapter]”, in SHORT PROGRAM (SHORT PROGRAM), volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 112:
- 白い……どこもかしこも、まっ白だ……これがあの世なのか。漫画家にとっては本当の天国だな。静かだ……何も聞こえない。
- Shiroi…… Doko mo kashiko mo, masshiro da…… Kore ga ano yo na no ka. Mangaka ni totte wa hontō no tengoku da na. Shizuka da…… Nani mo kikoenai.
- White… All over the place, endless white… So this is the otherworld. A true paradise for comics artists. So quiet… I can't hear a thing.
- 白い……どこもかしこも、まっ白だ……これがあの世なのか。漫画家にとっては本当の天国だな。静かだ……何も聞こえない。
Usage notes edit
- This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as マンガ家.
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN