Japanese edit

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 Manga
[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, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)