ML

en-noun

ML (countable and uncountable, plural MLs)

(slang, manga, anime) Abbreviation of male lead.


FL

FLs (plural)
effell (alternative)
Fl (alternative)

(slang, manga, anime) Abbreviation of female lead.


-sama

(anime and manga, fandom slang) Appended to a person's name or nickname to convey honour and respect.


manga

manga (countable and uncountable, plural manga or mangas)

manga (plural)
mangas (plural)
mangwa (alternative obsolete)

desc

→ Hindi: मांगा (māṅgā), माँगा (māṅgā), मैंगा (maiṅgā)

Black Cat (manga)
Hokusai
manga (disambiguation)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

zh-l

漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà)

English speakers are quick to notice the at times incorrect use of English in anime and manga. Many English words are customarily used in standard Japanese speech, and sometimes they are pronounced and employed in a manner quite different from their native use.

2001, Gilles Poitras, “What makes anime unique”, in Anime Essentials: Every Thing a Fan Needs to Know, page 63:

Manga (Japanese comics) are everywhere. Even here in Auckland. One can find various titles in their original versions as well as in Chinese, Korean and English translations.

2007, Yukako Sunaoshi, “Who reads comics? Manga readership among first-generation Asian immigrants in New Zealand”, in Popular Culture, Globalization and Japan, page 94:

Manga-influenced comics by Western authors are frequently sold alongside manga, although in most bookstores the decision is primarily a matter of format and packaging (i.e., whether the book is printed in the compact manga size or the traditionally larger American comic book format).

2012, Jason Thompson, “Introduction”, in Manga: The Complete Guide, page 46:

(countable, comics) A comic originating in Japan.


manga

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


manga

manga (indefinite nominative singular)
mangaen (definite nominative singular)
mangaer (indefinite nominative plural)
mangaerne (definite nominative plural)
mangas (genitive indefinite singular)
mangaens (definite genitive singular)
mangaers (genitive indefinite plural)
mangaernes (definite genitive plural)

De har vist læst alt for mange mangaer.

I believe they have read far too many mangas.

(countable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


manga

nl-noun

manga m (plural manga's, diminutive mangaatje n)

manga's (plural)
mangaatje (diminutive neuter)


manga

manga (nominative singular)
mangat (nominative plural)
manga (accusative nominative singular)
mangat (accusative nominative plural)
mangan (accusative genitive singular)
mangat (accusative genitive plural)
mangan (genitive singular)
mangojen (genitive plural)
mangain (genitive plural rare)
mangaa (partitive singular)
mangoja (partitive plural)
mangassa (inessive singular)
mangoissa (inessive plural)
mangasta (elative singular)
mangoista (elative plural)
mangaan (illative singular)
mangoihin (illative plural)
mangalla (adessive singular)
mangoilla (adessive plural)
mangalta (ablative singular)
mangoilta (ablative plural)
mangalle (allative singular)
mangoille (allative plural)
mangana (essive singular)
mangoina (essive plural)
mangaksi (singular translative)
mangoiksi (plural translative)
mangatta (abessive singular)
mangoitta (abessive plural)
mangoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
mangani (nominative singular)
mangani (nominative plural)
mangani (accusative nominative singular)
mangani (accusative nominative plural)
mangani (accusative genitive singular)
mangani (accusative genitive plural)
mangani (genitive singular)
mangojeni (genitive plural)
mangaini (genitive plural rare)
mangaani (partitive singular)
mangojani (partitive plural)
mangassani (inessive singular)
mangoissani (inessive plural)
mangastani (elative singular)
mangoistani (elative plural)
mangaani (illative singular)
mangoihini (illative plural)
mangallani (adessive singular)
mangoillani (adessive plural)
mangaltani (ablative singular)
mangoiltani (ablative plural)
mangalleni (allative singular)
mangoilleni (allative plural)
manganani (essive singular)
mangoinani (essive plural)
mangakseni (singular translative)
mangoikseni (plural translative)
mangattani (abessive singular)
mangoittani (abessive plural)
mangoineni (comitative plural)
mangasi (nominative singular)
mangasi (nominative plural)
mangasi (accusative nominative singular)
mangasi (accusative nominative plural)
mangasi (accusative genitive singular)
mangasi (accusative genitive plural)
mangasi (genitive singular)
mangojesi (genitive plural)
mangaisi (genitive plural rare)
mangaasi (partitive singular)
mangojasi (partitive plural)
mangassasi (inessive singular)
mangoissasi (inessive plural)
mangastasi (elative singular)
mangoistasi (elative plural)
mangaasi (illative singular)
mangoihisi (illative plural)
mangallasi (adessive singular)
mangoillasi (adessive plural)
mangaltasi (ablative singular)
mangoiltasi (ablative plural)
mangallesi (allative singular)
mangoillesi (allative plural)
manganasi (essive singular)
mangoinasi (essive plural)
mangaksesi (singular translative)
mangoiksesi (plural translative)
mangattasi (abessive singular)
mangoittasi (abessive plural)
mangoinesi (comitative plural)
mangamme (nominative singular)
mangamme (nominative plural)
mangamme (accusative nominative singular)
mangamme (accusative nominative plural)
mangamme (accusative genitive singular)
mangamme (accusative genitive plural)
mangamme (genitive singular)
mangojemme (genitive plural)
mangaimme (genitive plural rare)
mangaamme (partitive singular)
mangojamme (partitive plural)
mangassamme (inessive singular)
mangoissamme (inessive plural)
mangastamme (elative singular)
mangoistamme (elative plural)
mangaamme (illative singular)
mangoihimme (illative plural)
mangallamme (adessive singular)
mangoillamme (adessive plural)
mangaltamme (ablative singular)
mangoiltamme (ablative plural)
mangallemme (allative singular)
mangoillemme (allative plural)
manganamme (essive singular)
mangoinamme (essive plural)
mangaksemme (singular translative)
mangoiksemme (plural translative)
mangattamme (abessive singular)
mangoittamme (abessive plural)
mangoinemme (comitative plural)
manganne (nominative singular)
manganne (nominative plural)
manganne (accusative nominative singular)
manganne (accusative nominative plural)
manganne (accusative genitive singular)
manganne (accusative genitive plural)
manganne (genitive singular)
mangojenne (genitive plural)
mangainne (genitive plural rare)
mangaanne (partitive singular)
mangojanne (partitive plural)
mangassanne (inessive singular)
mangoissanne (inessive plural)
mangastanne (elative singular)
mangoistanne (elative plural)
mangaanne (illative singular)
mangoihinne (illative plural)
mangallanne (adessive singular)
mangoillanne (adessive plural)
mangaltanne (ablative singular)
mangoiltanne (ablative plural)
mangallenne (allative singular)
mangoillenne (allative plural)
mangananne (essive singular)
mangoinanne (essive plural)
mangaksenne (singular translative)
mangoiksenne (plural translative)
mangattanne (abessive singular)
mangoittanne (abessive plural)
mangoinenne (comitative plural)
mangansa (nominative singular)
mangansa (nominative plural)
mangansa (accusative nominative singular)
mangansa (accusative nominative plural)
mangansa (accusative genitive singular)
mangansa (accusative genitive plural)
mangansa (genitive singular)
mangojensa (genitive plural)
mangainsa (genitive plural rare)
mangaansa (partitive singular)
mangojaan (partitive plural)
mangojansa (partitive plural)
mangassaan (inessive singular)
mangassansa (inessive singular)
mangoissaan (inessive plural)
mangoissansa (inessive plural)
mangastaan (elative singular)
mangastansa (elative singular)
mangoistaan (elative plural)
mangoistansa (elative plural)
mangaansa (illative singular)
mangoihinsa (illative plural)
mangallaan (adessive singular)
mangallansa (adessive singular)
mangoillaan (adessive plural)
mangoillansa (adessive plural)
mangaltaan (ablative singular)
mangaltansa (ablative singular)
mangoiltaan (ablative plural)
mangoiltansa (ablative plural)
mangalleen (allative singular)
mangallensa (allative singular)
mangoilleen (allative plural)
mangoillensa (allative plural)
manganaan (essive singular)
manganansa (essive singular)
mangoinaan (essive plural)
mangoinansa (essive plural)
mangakseen (singular translative)
mangaksensa (singular translative)
mangoikseen (plural translative)
mangoiksensa (plural translative)
mangattaan (abessive singular)
mangattansa (abessive singular)
mangoittaan (abessive plural)
mangoittansa (abessive plural)
mangoineen (comitative plural)
mangoinensa (comitative plural)


manga

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga). Doublet of manhwa.

Hiromu Arakawa est une jeune mangaka débutante quand elle envoie son premier projet chez un éditeur. L’histoire courte deviendra FullMetal Alchemist, un des mangas les plus vendus au Japon : 12 millions d’exemplaires !

2005 November 1, “Duck Action : 5 mangas inmangables ! [Duck Action: 5 Manga You Can’t Miss!]”, in Picsou Magazine (non-fiction), Disney Hachette Presse, page 27:

Hiromu Arakawa was a young mangaka debuting when she sent her first project to a publisher. That short story became FullMetal Alchemist, one of the best-selling manga in Japan: 12 million copies!

Osamu Tezuka est le plus grand dessinateur de manga. De 1947 à 1989, il dessine 150000 pages et crée d’innombrable séries : Astro Boy, le roi Léo, Metropolis, BlackJack, Les trois Adolf, Ayako, Phénix […]

Osamu Tezuka was the greatest manga artist. From 1947 to 1989, he drew 150,000 pages and created countless series: Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, Metropolis, Black Jack, Message to Adolf, Ayako, Phoenix…


manga

Ultimately from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).


manga

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of manhua and manhwa.


manga

manga (nominative singular)
mangi (nominative plural)
mangi (genitive singular)
mang (genitive plural)
mandze (dative singular)
mangom (dative plural)
mangę (accusative singular)
mangi (accusative plural)
mangą (instrumental singular)
mangami (instrumental plural)
mandze (locative singular)
mangach (locative plural)
mango (singular vocative)
mangi (plural vocative)

Coordinate term: anime


manga

manga (indefinite nominative singular)
mangas (genitive indefinite singular)
mangan (definite nominative singular)
mangans (definite genitive singular)
mangor (indefinite nominative plural)
mangors (genitive indefinite plural)
mangorna (definite nominative plural)
mangornas (definite genitive plural)
manga (indefinite nominative singular)
mangas (genitive indefinite singular)
mangan (definite nominative singular)
mangans (definite genitive singular)
manga (indefinite nominative plural)
mangas (genitive indefinite plural)
mangana (definite nominative plural)
manganas (definite genitive plural)

(countable, uncountable, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


manga

head

manga (definite accusative mangayı, plural mangalar)

mangayı (accusative definite)
mangalar (plural)


doujinshi

en-noun

doujinshi (countable and uncountable, plural doujinshi or doujinshis)

doujinshi (plural)
doujinshis (plural)
dojinshi (alternative)
dōjinshi (alternative)

Borrowed from Japanese 同(どう)人(じん)誌(し) (dōjinshi, “fan-produced manga or essay booklets”), from 同(どう)人(じん) (dōjin, “group for the same interest”) + 誌(し) (shi, “magazine or a pamphlet”).

ja-r

(manga) A fan-produced book or magazine of Japanese fiction; especially manga.


splash

Probably an alteration of plash (compare spatter, spill for the initial s-).


PG

Although Supergirl fans will relish page 4, I believe the first panel of 5 says it all: after a full force ramming by SG, PG just casually tosses her into a wall. Now *that's* Power Girl.

1997 October 25, Lightning, “REVIEW Power Girl #1, uhm, I mean Supergirl #16”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <62tta5$a7g$1@206.230.70.77>:

Actually, a point could be made that the animated Supergirl is much more like Power Girl than the pre Crisis Supergirl.
For one thing she adopted the name Karen (Karen Starr was the name Kara Zor-L created), also she wears PG's costume colors and has a strong resentment toward's Clark's overprotectiveness. The only difference is that the animated SG has the Kara Zor-El personality more than she does Power Girl's.

1998 May 6, CaptT...@webtv.net, “Re: Why is TV kind of pre-Crisis and comics Post-Crisis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <6iouoe$1jf$1@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>:

I kinda hate how they made Power Girl (Kara/SG pre-Crisis on World 2 or 3?) evil and a clone of SG. One of my fav comics growing up was Supes, and PG and I think Green Arrow going after Vandal Savage.

2005 September 21, tan...@bellsouth.net, “Re: JLU - WOW”, in alt.tv.cartoon-network (Usenet), message-ID <SL7Ye.4284$xg3.1881@bignews4.bellsouth.net>:

(comics) Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”).


齣

齣 (canonical)
齣 (canonical)
koma (romanization)

Probably cognate with 小間, 細 (koma, “small; a small piece of something”).

(film, animation, manga) a frame of a comic or film


Derives from overset Io, a Latin abbreviation of either interiectiō (“interjection”) or the interjection iō (“hey!”), placed at the end of an exclamation to mark it as such. It expresses awe, wonderment (Latin admīrātiō) in the clause.

punctuation mark denoting excitement, surprise, or shock

Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.

(comics) Used in some comics instead of the period (.), ending all sentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.

Character #1: "The zombie is right behind you!"
Character #2: "!"

! [indicates that another trainer noticed the player character, prompting a battle between them]

1996, Game Freak, Pokémon Red and Blue, Nintendo:

! [indicates a random encounter with a monster]

2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:

(comics, video games) Used by itself to convey that a character is surprised at something.

Phoenix: I would like to go over this one more time. You met Adrian Andrews at a bar and took the request at that time? / de Killer: Yes, that is correct. / Phoenix: And that's the moment you thought 'he' was trustworthy... / de Killer: How many times must I repeat myself? Yes, that is correct. / Phoenix: I'm sorry, but that is an impossible tale. / de Killer: Wh-What!? / Phoenix: Shelly de Killer. You have never met the real Adrian Andrews! / de Killer: ...! Wh-Why would you say that...? / Phoenix: Because you made one very big slip-up... ...about her. / de Killer: So what is the issue... ...! / de Killer: Wh-What did you say just now...? About 'her'...? / Phoenix: If you had ever met Adrian Andrews in person... One look would have told you that she is a woman!

2002, Capcom, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All, Capcom:

(comics, video games) Used to convey that a character has made a sudden realization.


hic

Onomatopoeia, from the sobbing sound. Compare hức (“sob; hic”).

(comics, Internet slang) dang; darn; aw man; man


super

For quotations using this term, see Citations:super.


scanlation

en-noun

scanlation (countable and uncountable, plural scanlations)

scanlations (plural)
scanslation (alternative)

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(comics, chiefly manga) The process of scanning and translating foreign-language comics (especially Japanese manga or Korean manhwa) into the translator's language, for free distribution over the Internet.

(comics) A comic that has been scanned, translated, and with translation overlaid onto the original text to produce a second-language version of the comic; a scanlated comic.


panel

From Middle English panel (“piece of cloth, saddle pad, pane of glass, piece of ice, part, division, jury list, jury members”), from Anglo-Norman panel, panelle (“piece of cloth, saddle cushion”), from Vulgar Latin *pannellus, diminutive of Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂n- (“fabric”). Cognate with Old English fana (“a piece of cloth, patch, banner, flag, vane”). Doublet of vane.

cog

The last panel of a comic strip usually contains a punchline.

(comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.


panel

berpanel

panelled, having a panel; having a board

(comics) panel (an individual frame or drawing in a comic)


mai

(anime, manga, fandom slang, Internet slang) Alternative form of my (used in the expressions mai waifu and mai husbando)


comic strip

(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.


comic book

(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


smurf

Peyo
The Smurfs
fr:Les Schtroumpfs
nl:De Smurfen

Borrowed from Dutch smurf (via the Belgian comic De Smurfen, a translation of French Les Schtroumpfs), from French schtroumpf, a word that was created by Peyo based on German Strumpf (literally “stocking, sock”), either simply because it sounds funny to the French ear or based on a regional German use for “idiot”. Armand van Raalte was an employee for the Belgian publisher of Peyo's stories who felt that schtroumpf would not have the same effect in Dutch, so he tried to find a simple word that could be used both as a noun and a verb. The result was smurf. In other languages, the term was similarly altered; compare the translations below.

der

He occasionally used the proper noun of the restaurant as an adverb, the way a Smurf would.

2021 December 8, Geraldine DeRuiter, “Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever”, in The Everywhereist:

(comics, fiction) A blue pixie with white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.


smurf

nl-noun

smurf m (plural smurfen, diminutive smurfje n)

smurfen (plural)
smurfje (diminutive neuter)

Changed from the original French schtroumpf as described above.


smurf

smurf (indefinite nominative singular)
smurfs (genitive indefinite singular)
smurfen (definite nominative singular)
smurfens (definite genitive singular)
smurfar (indefinite nominative plural)
smurfars (genitive indefinite plural)
smurfarna (definite nominative plural)
smurfarnas (definite genitive plural)
smurf (indefinite nominative singular)
smurfs (genitive indefinite singular)
smurfen (definite nominative singular)
smurfens (definite genitive singular)
smurfer (indefinite nominative plural)
smurfers (genitive indefinite plural)
smurferna (definite nominative plural)
smurfernas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Dutch smurf, from French schtroumpf.


gutter

Sranan Tongo: gotro

From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from Anglo-Norman guttere, from Old French goutiere (French gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (“drop”).

(comics) A space between comic strip panels.


cartoon

Punch (magazine)
Russian Bear
The Great Game
cartoon

→ Portuguese: cartune, cartum

→ Swahili: katuni

In British English first, from French carton (“sketch, cardboard, card”), from Italian cartone (“cardboard, carton, box”), augmentative of carta (“paper”), from Latin carta (“papyrus, paper”), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs) (see there for further etymology). Doublet of carton and card.

tekenprent

animated cartoon — see also animated cartoon

(comics) A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.

(comics) A drawing satirising current public figures.


cartoon

en-verb

cartoon (third-person singular simple present cartoons, present participle cartooning, simple past and past participle cartooned)

cartoons (present singular third-person)
cartooning (participle present)
cartooned (participle past)
cartooned (past)

(art, comics, animation) To draw a cartoon, a humorous drawing.


cartoon

Unadapted borrowing from English cartoon.


bocadillo

rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines

diminutive of bocado (“mouthful”), from bocado + -illo.

(comics) speech bubble (rounded outline, containing words, representing speech)


graphic novel

(comics) A comic book containing a single and full nonepisodic story.


graphic novelist

en-noun

graphic novelist (plural graphic novelists)

graphic novel + -ist or graphic + novelist

(comics) A person who creates fiction using a succession of pictures interspersed with text (i.e. a comic book).


strip cartoon

(comics) A series of illustrations depicting a humorous narrative.

comic

illustrations depicting humorous narrative


cartoonist

→ Indonesian: kartunis

(comics) One who creates a cartoon or strip cartoon.

cartooniste m or f dessinateur de dessins animés

(comics) One who both writes and illustrates comic books or graphic novels.

sarjakuvataiteilija

person who writes and illustrates comic books


shojo

/ˈʃəʊˌd͡ʒəʊ/

/ˈʃoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

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From Japanese 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo, “young woman”).

shōjo (alternative)
shoujo (alternative)

(anime, manga) A style of anime and manga intended for young women.


shojo

en-adj

shojo (comparative more shojo, superlative most shojo)

more shojo (comparative)
most shojo (superlative)
shōjo (alternative)
shoujo (alternative)

/ˈʃəʊˌd͡ʒəʊ/

/ˈʃoʊˌd͡ʒoʊ/

(anime, manga) Being in the style of shōjo manga or anime.


少女

ja-noun

少(しょう)女(じょ) • (shōjo) ^(←せうぢよ (seudyo)?)

少女 (canonical)
shōjo (romanization)
seudyo (romanization)
せうぢよ (hiragana historical)

From Middle Chinese compound 少女 (MC syewX|syewH nrjoX|nrjoH). Compare modern Mandarin 少女 (shàonǚ).

少女歌劇

少女歌劇 しょうじょかげき

a kind of traditional Japanese light drama with no male actors and mostly young girls playing the parts

少女趣味

少女趣味 しょうじょしゅみ

hobbies or interest common to young girls

(anime, manga) a style of anime and manga made for young women, shojo


baka

en-adj

baka (comparative more baka, superlative most baka)

more baka (comparative)
most baka (superlative)

Borrowed from Japanese 馬鹿(ばか) (baka, “stupid”).

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) Stupid, silly.


baka

(anime manga, fandom slang, endearing) A foolish person, a dummy, a silly goose.


Manga

de-noun

Manga m (strong, genitive Manga or Mangas, plural Manga or Mangas)

Manga (genitive)
Mangas (genitive)
Manga (plural)
Mangas (plural)
Manga (nominative singular)
Manga (definite nominative plural)
Mangas (definite nominative plural)
Manga (genitive singular)
Mangas (genitive singular)
Manga (definite genitive plural)
Mangas (definite genitive plural)
Manga (dative singular)
Manga (dative definite plural)
Mangas (dative definite plural)
Manga (accusative singular)
Manga (accusative definite plural)
Mangas (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”).

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


cunny

en-noun

cunny (countable and uncountable, plural cunnies)

cunnies (plural)
cute and funny (alternative euphemistic)

(countable, fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) The vulva or vagina of a child or childlike character (loli).

(countable, synecdochically) A child or childlike character, especially when considered sexually attractive; a loli.

(uncountable, metonymic) Lolicon-themed media, especially when erotic (hentai).


There are two primary theories of the origin of the question mark. One is that ⟨?⟩ descends from the punctus interrogativus ⟨⹔⟩, which instructed the reader (or singer) to raise the pitch of their voice while coming to a stop.
Another theory is that it derives from overset Qo, an abbreviation of Latin quaestiō (“question”), placed at the end of a question to mark it as such, and analogous to the derivation of ⟨!⟩.
There are no documented intermediary forms to support one theory over the other.

For the reversed question mark used in some right-to-left scripts

Character #1: "I have no time to explain! Have you seen a Big Bad Wolf blowing down various houses?"

Character #2: "?"

(comics, Internet slang) Used by itself to convey that the speaker is confused.


sequential art

(art, comics) A form of art where the content is presented in a series of artistic items positioned in a specific order to convey its message or effect, such as a comic strip.


speech bubble

(comics) A rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.

shtëllungë ligjërimi

rounded outline representing speech in a cartoon


bande dessinée

fr-noun

bande dessinée f (plural bandes dessinées)


kokoro

/ˈkoʊkəˌɹoʊ/

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Borrowed from Japanese 心(こころ) (kokoro, “heart, mind, spirit”).

Fame is for weenies. I'd rather be remembered for inventing a weird guitar effect or a recording technique than becoming famous by a song, unless the song is genuinely from my kokoro.

1992 December 7, Mike, “Re: When Things Go Wrong”, in bit.listserv.allmusic (Usenet), message-ID <ALLMUSIC%92120719125825@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU>:

(fandom slang, chiefly anime and manga) A heart.


webcomic

From Web + comic. The word is first attested 2000, but websites titled "WebComics" existed previously (as early as 1995).

Webcomics certainly have their selling points. They are harder to censor and generally free from editorial meddling[…]

2008, Danny Fingeroth, The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels, →ISBN, page 275:

Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist — but each “state” consists of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”.

2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo:

Almost six years ago, Andrew Hussie began another one of a series of webcomics on his website, MS Paint Adventures. These early comics were experiments in fan-sourced storytelling: He’d create and monitor forums for character and story suggestions, then fold them into the story.

2015 February 24, Lilian Min, “How the Internet Invented a New Kind of Storytelling”, in The Atlantic:

(comics, Internet) An online comic, especially one first published on the Internet.


chibi

en-noun

chibi (countable and uncountable, plural chibis)

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Borrowed from Japanese ちび (chibi, “something small; runt, dwarf; pipsqueak”)

bor+

(countable) A child-like character with exaggerated features, particularly in anime.

Since the eyes take up so much room on the chibi face, the head needs to be stretched and, therefore, usually ends up being oval-shaped to accommodate the oval-shaped eyes.

2013, Christopher Hart, Manga for the Beginner:

(uncountable) A style of cartooning in which the characters are drawn to be very small and cute.


excelsior

Excelsior (Longfellow)
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Stan Lee

From Latin excelsior, comparative of excelsus (“high”). The name of the stuffing material was originally a trademark. As an exclamation, originating in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem Excelsior (1841), based on the New York state motto. Popularized in the comic book fandom by Marvel Comics editor Stan Lee, who chose the term to sign off his columns as it was an obscure term and would confound competing publishers who imitated his style.

pedia

Excelsior (Longfellow)#Adaptations and parodies

Excelsior (Longfellow) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

MARTIN PRINCE: Finally, Bart's one of us!
NERDS: Excelsior!

1993, Frank Mula, “The Last Temptation of Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 9:

He makes a fake snorting noises with his nose and says “Excelsior to you too then, man” as he pushes up imaginary glasses on his face as if I'm the nerd.

2014 November 10, Matthew L. Williams, Truth Is, You're Still Dreaming, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

Comic-Con International in San Diego is the exemplar of the con experience. Hold your breath, prepare your Sonic Screwdriver or Batarang, and dive right in. Excelsior!

2018 April 1, Lonely Planet, Mark Andrew, Amy C Balfour, Sarah Baxter, Andrew Bender, Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Nate Cavalieri, Lisa Dunford, Tom Hall, Lonely Planet Experience USA, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 224:

(fandom slang, especially comics) A greeting, farewell or acclamation.


genki

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Borrowed from Japanese げんき (“energetic, peppy”).

bor+

(anime and manga) A playful, hyperactive girl.


genki

en-adj

genki (comparative more genki, superlative most genki)

more genki (comparative)
most genki (superlative)

Akira, the genki red head, is accosted by Kyouko, a predatory blond girl in her high school.

2009 July 7, Dave Baranyi, “Aoi Hana - Blue Flowers for a Blue Girl”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

(anime and manga, typically of a girl) Playful and hyperactive.


kocka

kockák (plural)
kocka (nominative singular)
kockák (nominative plural)
kockát (accusative singular)
kockákat (accusative plural)
kockának (dative singular)
kockáknak (dative plural)
kockával (instrumental singular)
kockákkal (instrumental plural)
kockáért (causal-final singular)
kockákért (causal-final plural)
kockává (singular translative)
kockákká (plural translative)
kockáig (singular terminative)
kockákig (plural terminative)
kockaként (essive-formal singular)
kockákként (essive-formal plural)
kockában (inessive singular)
kockákban (inessive plural)
kockán (singular superessive)
kockákon (plural superessive)
kockánál (adessive singular)
kockáknál (adessive plural)
kockába (illative singular)
kockákba (illative plural)
kockára (singular sublative)
kockákra (plural sublative)
kockához (allative singular)
kockákhoz (allative plural)
kockából (elative singular)
kockákból (elative plural)
kockáról (delative singular)
kockákról (delative plural)
kockától (ablative singular)
kockáktól (ablative plural)
kockáé (singular)
kockáké (plural)
kockáéi (singular)
kockákéi (plural)
kockám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
kockáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
kockád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
kockáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
kockája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
kockái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
kockánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
kockáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
kockátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
kockáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
kockájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
kockáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Borrowed from a West Slavic language, probably from Czech or Slovak. Compare Czech kostka, Slovak kocka.

Számos mozifilmhős a képregények kockáin született meg először.

2004, “A képregény rejtelmes útja”, in Új Szó, volume 57, number 300:

Many movie heroes were originally born in the panels of a comic book.

(comics) panel (an individual drawing in a comic strip or comic book)


nuk

(comics) The sound of a pacifier being suckled on.


closure

en-noun

closure (countable and uncountable, plural closures)

From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.

The comic book reader performs closure within each panel, between panels, and among panels.

2009, Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith, The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture, page 166:

(comics) The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.


funnies

And I'm turning to the horoscope and looking for the funnies / When I'm feeling someone watching me and so I raise my head

1987, “Tom's Diner”, in Suzanne Vega (lyrics), Solitude Standing:

(comics) The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.


mangaka

mangaka (nominative singular)
mangacy (nominative plural)
mangaki (genitive singular)
mangaków (genitive plural)
mangace (dative singular)
mangakom (dative plural)
mangakę (accusative singular)
mangaków (accusative plural)
mangaką (instrumental singular)
mangakami (instrumental plural)
mangace (locative singular)
mangakach (locative plural)
mangako (singular vocative)
mangacy (plural vocative)

(comics) mangaka (professional manga or anime artist)


one-shot

one-shots (plural)
oneshot (alternative)

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And with the added bonuses of color and videotape coupled with the disadvantages of higher production costs, a lot of syndie producers forsook weekly series in favor of one-shot specials — and it didn't take long for the airwaves to become thick with one-shots.

2001, Hal Erickson, Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987, →ISBN, page 106:

The Mummy belongs in a chapter devoted to one-shots as its progeny are different breeds rather than direct sequels.

2013, B. Forshaw, British Gothic Cinema, →ISBN:

This spectacular, free one-shot also includes original short stories from Sean Rubin's upcoming, enchanting dinosaur tale, Bolivar; Jim Henson's fantasy classic, Labyrinth (an Archaia original graphic novelby Ted Naifeh, Adrianne Ambrose, and Cory Godbey is in the works); and Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos' justice-seekin' boy hereo, Cow Boy.

2014, Louis Zampini, A Father's Guide to Comics, →ISBN:

The one-shot trend continued in Japan, where fans are used to paying what Western audiences consider absurdly high prices for anime, but this hampered them from Western release until companies began to bundle one-shots together.

2015, Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy, The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition, →ISBN:

(television, film, comics) A television program, film, or comic book that is not part of a series.


sarja

sarja (nominative singular)
sarjat (nominative plural)
sarja (accusative nominative singular)
sarjat (accusative nominative plural)
sarjan (accusative genitive singular)
sarjat (accusative genitive plural)
sarjan (genitive singular)
sarjojen (genitive plural)
sarjain (genitive plural rare)
sarjaa (partitive singular)
sarjoja (partitive plural)
sarjassa (inessive singular)
sarjoissa (inessive plural)
sarjasta (elative singular)
sarjoista (elative plural)
sarjaan (illative singular)
sarjoihin (illative plural)
sarjalla (adessive singular)
sarjoilla (adessive plural)
sarjalta (ablative singular)
sarjoilta (ablative plural)
sarjalle (allative singular)
sarjoille (allative plural)
sarjana (essive singular)
sarjoina (essive plural)
sarjaksi (singular translative)
sarjoiksi (plural translative)
sarjatta (abessive singular)
sarjoitta (abessive plural)
sarjoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sarjani (nominative singular)
sarjani (nominative plural)
sarjani (accusative nominative singular)
sarjani (accusative nominative plural)
sarjani (accusative genitive singular)
sarjani (accusative genitive plural)
sarjani (genitive singular)
sarjojeni (genitive plural)
sarjaini (genitive plural rare)
sarjaani (partitive singular)
sarjojani (partitive plural)
sarjassani (inessive singular)
sarjoissani (inessive plural)
sarjastani (elative singular)
sarjoistani (elative plural)
sarjaani (illative singular)
sarjoihini (illative plural)
sarjallani (adessive singular)
sarjoillani (adessive plural)
sarjaltani (ablative singular)
sarjoiltani (ablative plural)
sarjalleni (allative singular)
sarjoilleni (allative plural)
sarjanani (essive singular)
sarjoinani (essive plural)
sarjakseni (singular translative)
sarjoikseni (plural translative)
sarjattani (abessive singular)
sarjoittani (abessive plural)
sarjoineni (comitative plural)
sarjasi (nominative singular)
sarjasi (nominative plural)
sarjasi (accusative nominative singular)
sarjasi (accusative nominative plural)
sarjasi (accusative genitive singular)
sarjasi (accusative genitive plural)
sarjasi (genitive singular)
sarjojesi (genitive plural)
sarjaisi (genitive plural rare)
sarjaasi (partitive singular)
sarjojasi (partitive plural)
sarjassasi (inessive singular)
sarjoissasi (inessive plural)
sarjastasi (elative singular)
sarjoistasi (elative plural)
sarjaasi (illative singular)
sarjoihisi (illative plural)
sarjallasi (adessive singular)
sarjoillasi (adessive plural)
sarjaltasi (ablative singular)
sarjoiltasi (ablative plural)
sarjallesi (allative singular)
sarjoillesi (allative plural)
sarjanasi (essive singular)
sarjoinasi (essive plural)
sarjaksesi (singular translative)
sarjoiksesi (plural translative)
sarjattasi (abessive singular)
sarjoittasi (abessive plural)
sarjoinesi (comitative plural)
sarjamme (nominative singular)
sarjamme (nominative plural)
sarjamme (accusative nominative singular)
sarjamme (accusative nominative plural)
sarjamme (accusative genitive singular)
sarjamme (accusative genitive plural)
sarjamme (genitive singular)
sarjojemme (genitive plural)
sarjaimme (genitive plural rare)
sarjaamme (partitive singular)
sarjojamme (partitive plural)
sarjassamme (inessive singular)
sarjoissamme (inessive plural)
sarjastamme (elative singular)
sarjoistamme (elative plural)
sarjaamme (illative singular)
sarjoihimme (illative plural)
sarjallamme (adessive singular)
sarjoillamme (adessive plural)
sarjaltamme (ablative singular)
sarjoiltamme (ablative plural)
sarjallemme (allative singular)
sarjoillemme (allative plural)
sarjanamme (essive singular)
sarjoinamme (essive plural)
sarjaksemme (singular translative)
sarjoiksemme (plural translative)
sarjattamme (abessive singular)
sarjoittamme (abessive plural)
sarjoinemme (comitative plural)
sarjanne (nominative singular)
sarjanne (nominative plural)
sarjanne (accusative nominative singular)
sarjanne (accusative nominative plural)
sarjanne (accusative genitive singular)
sarjanne (accusative genitive plural)
sarjanne (genitive singular)
sarjojenne (genitive plural)
sarjainne (genitive plural rare)
sarjaanne (partitive singular)
sarjojanne (partitive plural)
sarjassanne (inessive singular)
sarjoissanne (inessive plural)
sarjastanne (elative singular)
sarjoistanne (elative plural)
sarjaanne (illative singular)
sarjoihinne (illative plural)
sarjallanne (adessive singular)
sarjoillanne (adessive plural)
sarjaltanne (ablative singular)
sarjoiltanne (ablative plural)
sarjallenne (allative singular)
sarjoillenne (allative plural)
sarjananne (essive singular)
sarjoinanne (essive plural)
sarjaksenne (singular translative)
sarjoiksenne (plural translative)
sarjattanne (abessive singular)
sarjoittanne (abessive plural)
sarjoinenne (comitative plural)
sarjansa (nominative singular)
sarjansa (nominative plural)
sarjansa (accusative nominative singular)
sarjansa (accusative nominative plural)
sarjansa (accusative genitive singular)
sarjansa (accusative genitive plural)
sarjansa (genitive singular)
sarjojensa (genitive plural)
sarjainsa (genitive plural rare)
sarjaansa (partitive singular)
sarjojaan (partitive plural)
sarjojansa (partitive plural)
sarjassaan (inessive singular)
sarjassansa (inessive singular)
sarjoissaan (inessive plural)
sarjoissansa (inessive plural)
sarjastaan (elative singular)
sarjastansa (elative singular)
sarjoistaan (elative plural)
sarjoistansa (elative plural)
sarjaansa (illative singular)
sarjoihinsa (illative plural)
sarjallaan (adessive singular)
sarjallansa (adessive singular)
sarjoillaan (adessive plural)
sarjoillansa (adessive plural)
sarjaltaan (ablative singular)
sarjaltansa (ablative singular)
sarjoiltaan (ablative plural)
sarjoiltansa (ablative plural)
sarjalleen (allative singular)
sarjallensa (allative singular)
sarjoilleen (allative plural)
sarjoillensa (allative plural)
sarjanaan (essive singular)
sarjanansa (essive singular)
sarjoinaan (essive plural)
sarjoinansa (essive plural)
sarjakseen (singular translative)
sarjaksensa (singular translative)
sarjoikseen (plural translative)
sarjoiksensa (plural translative)
sarjattaan (abessive singular)
sarjattansa (abessive singular)
sarjoittaan (abessive plural)
sarjoittansa (abessive plural)
sarjoineen (comitative plural)
sarjoinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *sarja (“lath board, row of laths; row, bunch”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *śarja (“lath, batten, bar”). Adopted as an equivalent to Latin series in the literary language based on the original meanings "row, bunch" and the sense related to chicken eggs listed below which can also be found in the other Finnic languages.

inh

(comics) (comic) strip (series of illustrations)


sarjakuva

sarjakuva (nominative singular)
sarjakuvat (nominative plural)
sarjakuva (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvat (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvan (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvat (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvan (genitive singular)
sarjakuvien (genitive plural)
sarjakuvain (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaa (partitive singular)
sarjakuvia (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassa (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissa (inessive plural)
sarjakuvasta (elative singular)
sarjakuvista (elative plural)
sarjakuvaan (illative singular)
sarjakuviin (illative plural)
sarjakuvalla (adessive singular)
sarjakuvilla (adessive plural)
sarjakuvalta (ablative singular)
sarjakuvilta (ablative plural)
sarjakuvalle (allative singular)
sarjakuville (allative plural)
sarjakuvana (essive singular)
sarjakuvina (essive plural)
sarjakuvaksi (singular translative)
sarjakuviksi (plural translative)
sarjakuvatta (abessive singular)
sarjakuvitta (abessive plural)
sarjakuvin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sarjakuvani (nominative singular)
sarjakuvani (nominative plural)
sarjakuvani (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvani (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvani (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvani (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvani (genitive singular)
sarjakuvieni (genitive plural)
sarjakuvaini (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaani (partitive singular)
sarjakuviani (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassani (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissani (inessive plural)
sarjakuvastani (elative singular)
sarjakuvistani (elative plural)
sarjakuvaani (illative singular)
sarjakuviini (illative plural)
sarjakuvallani (adessive singular)
sarjakuvillani (adessive plural)
sarjakuvaltani (ablative singular)
sarjakuviltani (ablative plural)
sarjakuvalleni (allative singular)
sarjakuvilleni (allative plural)
sarjakuvanani (essive singular)
sarjakuvinani (essive plural)
sarjakuvakseni (singular translative)
sarjakuvikseni (plural translative)
sarjakuvattani (abessive singular)
sarjakuvittani (abessive plural)
sarjakuvineni (comitative plural)
sarjakuvasi (nominative singular)
sarjakuvasi (nominative plural)
sarjakuvasi (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvasi (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvasi (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvasi (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvasi (genitive singular)
sarjakuviesi (genitive plural)
sarjakuvaisi (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaasi (partitive singular)
sarjakuviasi (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassasi (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissasi (inessive plural)
sarjakuvastasi (elative singular)
sarjakuvistasi (elative plural)
sarjakuvaasi (illative singular)
sarjakuviisi (illative plural)
sarjakuvallasi (adessive singular)
sarjakuvillasi (adessive plural)
sarjakuvaltasi (ablative singular)
sarjakuviltasi (ablative plural)
sarjakuvallesi (allative singular)
sarjakuvillesi (allative plural)
sarjakuvanasi (essive singular)
sarjakuvinasi (essive plural)
sarjakuvaksesi (singular translative)
sarjakuviksesi (plural translative)
sarjakuvattasi (abessive singular)
sarjakuvittasi (abessive plural)
sarjakuvinesi (comitative plural)
sarjakuvamme (nominative singular)
sarjakuvamme (nominative plural)
sarjakuvamme (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvamme (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvamme (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvamme (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvamme (genitive singular)
sarjakuviemme (genitive plural)
sarjakuvaimme (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaamme (partitive singular)
sarjakuviamme (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassamme (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissamme (inessive plural)
sarjakuvastamme (elative singular)
sarjakuvistamme (elative plural)
sarjakuvaamme (illative singular)
sarjakuviimme (illative plural)
sarjakuvallamme (adessive singular)
sarjakuvillamme (adessive plural)
sarjakuvaltamme (ablative singular)
sarjakuviltamme (ablative plural)
sarjakuvallemme (allative singular)
sarjakuvillemme (allative plural)
sarjakuvanamme (essive singular)
sarjakuvinamme (essive plural)
sarjakuvaksemme (singular translative)
sarjakuviksemme (plural translative)
sarjakuvattamme (abessive singular)
sarjakuvittamme (abessive plural)
sarjakuvinemme (comitative plural)
sarjakuvanne (nominative singular)
sarjakuvanne (nominative plural)
sarjakuvanne (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvanne (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvanne (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvanne (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvanne (genitive singular)
sarjakuvienne (genitive plural)
sarjakuvainne (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaanne (partitive singular)
sarjakuvianne (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassanne (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissanne (inessive plural)
sarjakuvastanne (elative singular)
sarjakuvistanne (elative plural)
sarjakuvaanne (illative singular)
sarjakuviinne (illative plural)
sarjakuvallanne (adessive singular)
sarjakuvillanne (adessive plural)
sarjakuvaltanne (ablative singular)
sarjakuviltanne (ablative plural)
sarjakuvallenne (allative singular)
sarjakuvillenne (allative plural)
sarjakuvananne (essive singular)
sarjakuvinanne (essive plural)
sarjakuvaksenne (singular translative)
sarjakuviksenne (plural translative)
sarjakuvattanne (abessive singular)
sarjakuvittanne (abessive plural)
sarjakuvinenne (comitative plural)
sarjakuvansa (nominative singular)
sarjakuvansa (nominative plural)
sarjakuvansa (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvansa (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvansa (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvansa (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvansa (genitive singular)
sarjakuviensa (genitive plural)
sarjakuvainsa (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvaansa (partitive singular)
sarjakuviaan (partitive plural)
sarjakuviansa (partitive plural)
sarjakuvassaan (inessive singular)
sarjakuvassansa (inessive singular)
sarjakuvissaan (inessive plural)
sarjakuvissansa (inessive plural)
sarjakuvastaan (elative singular)
sarjakuvastansa (elative singular)
sarjakuvistaan (elative plural)
sarjakuvistansa (elative plural)
sarjakuvaansa (illative singular)
sarjakuviinsa (illative plural)
sarjakuvallaan (adessive singular)
sarjakuvallansa (adessive singular)
sarjakuvillaan (adessive plural)
sarjakuvillansa (adessive plural)
sarjakuvaltaan (ablative singular)
sarjakuvaltansa (ablative singular)
sarjakuviltaan (ablative plural)
sarjakuviltansa (ablative plural)
sarjakuvalleen (allative singular)
sarjakuvallensa (allative singular)
sarjakuvilleen (allative plural)
sarjakuvillensa (allative plural)
sarjakuvanaan (essive singular)
sarjakuvanansa (essive singular)
sarjakuvinaan (essive plural)
sarjakuvinansa (essive plural)
sarjakuvakseen (singular translative)
sarjakuvaksensa (singular translative)
sarjakuvikseen (plural translative)
sarjakuviksensa (plural translative)
sarjakuvattaan (abessive singular)
sarjakuvattansa (abessive singular)
sarjakuvittaan (abessive plural)
sarjakuvittansa (abessive plural)
sarjakuvineen (comitative plural)
sarjakuvinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈs̠ɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌkuʋɑ̝]


grawlix

National Cartoonists Society
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A meaningless word coined by the American comic strip writer Mort Walker (1923–2018) in a humorous article entitled “Let’s Get Down to Grawlixes” published in The Cartoonist (1964), possibly influenced by growl.

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There is a wealth of comicana waiting for the student with enough drive and depth of understanding. Once he masters the secret of the waftarom, the solrad, and the grawlix, he can mix in any art circle but he's own his own from here on.

1975, Mort Walker, “50-50 or Fight”, in Backstage at the Strips, [New York, N.Y.]: A&W Visual Library, →ISBN, page 31:

Even in today's permissive society many four letter words are not permissible in the comics. […] So the creative mind came up with a variety of "jarns," "quimps," "nittles," and "grawlixes" to help convey a sergeant's strong emotion and add color and dimension to his personality.

1980, Mort Walker, “Indicia”, in The Lexicon of Comicana, Authors Guild Backinprint.com edition, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, published 2000, →ISBN, page 52:

He does all the Popeye voices, but prefers Olive Oyl's. He has noises for the nittles, the grawlix, the quimps, the jarns. He blows each balloon up before your ears. He reels home, +'s on his eyes, singing the spurl that rises like heat from his head.

1995 February 21, William H[oward] Gass, “Culp”, in The Tunnel, Normal, Ill.: Dalkey Archive Press, published 2014, →ISBN, page 159:

Thus, in a singles bar you’re probably better to stick with jarns, nettles, grawlices, and quimps (comic-book swearing).

1997, Ken Weber, Five Minute Challenge #1, Toronto, Ont.: Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, →ISBN, page 148:

A series of images or symbols used in speech bubbles in comic strips to indicate one or more swear words.

An image resembling an illegible scribble used for this purpose.

When Chicago-based author and illustrator Anders Nilsen was a political-minded college student at University of New Mexico, grawlix granted him a glimmer of fame. Demonstrating against a newly-enacted law, Nilsen wielded a hand-painted sign reading "F*&# Proposition 187." […] As a fellow comic writer, [Paul] Hornschemeier prefers what he calls "the other species" of grawlix, which is when the entire expletive is replaced by symbols. "When you see just the pure symbols, you imagine, 'OK, these are some dirty words,'" he says. "But the reader definitely becomes the author of that filth."

2011 May 18, Heidi Stevens, “What the grawlix?”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.: Tribune Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-16:

The symbols that work best are those that fill up space: @, #, $, %, and &. Hyphens, plus signs, asterisks and carets (^) leave too much white space within the body of the grawlix for it to look like a single word. […] Because it represents words spoken in anger or excitement, the grawlix should always end with an exclamation mark, even if it's an interrogative grawlix: @#$%&?! Finally, as a word of caution, you should reserve your use of grawlixes for emails to close friends. Grawlixes are highly inappropriate for any professional writing. And about that, at least, I'm not kidding.

2014, Bill Schmalz, edited by Sabita Naheswaran, The Architect’s Guide to Writing: For Design and Construction Professionals, Mulgrave, Vic.: The Images Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 88:

The work in this first section also involved identifying the purpose of grawlixes, the visual representation of swearing in comic strips. […] The students discussed the aim of grawlixes, raising their awareness of the effectiveness of graphic displays.

2016, Sonia Zyngier, Vander Viana, “Literary Awareness in a High-school EFL Learning Environment: An Empirical Evaluation”, in Michael Burke, Olivia Fialho, Sonia Zyngier, editors, Scientific Approaches to Literature in Learning Environments (Linguistic Approaches to Literature; 24), Amsterdam, Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, page 287:

If I told you that a grawlix infestation is inevitable, you'd probably respond with something to the effect of, "What the $#@! are you talking about?" […] I have responded to most of 2020 with a series of grawlixes. For instance, when I learned that we've had more than 26 hurricanes, so the hurricane-naming people move to the Greek alphabet to start naming hurricanes, I said, "You've got to be &#@$ kidding me!"

2020 December 6, Curtis Honeycutt, “Grammar Guy: Saying goodbye to the year of the grawlix”, in Marc Chase, editor, The Times (Lifestyle section), Porter County edition, volume 112, number 125; volume 110, number 85, Munster, Ind.: The Times Media Company, Lee Publications, Lee Enterprises, →OCLC, page D11, columns 4–5:

Hate mail is just straightforward abuse. It's a verbal stinkbomb, a middle finger from a car window, the equivalent of what is called, in the comic-strip trade, grawlixes: @%&&#!!

2021 June 20, Jim Beckerman, “Matters of Fact: Why do people hate newspapers?”, in Daily Record, volume 34, number 205, Parsippany, N.J.: Gannett, →OCLC, page 5D:

A string of typographical symbols (such as "@[[#]]$%&!") used for this purpose.

A series of violence-related images (such as bombs, daggers, and skulls) used for this purpose.


finisher

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emanata

Borrowed from Latin ēmānāre, "to flow out,". ēmānāre is the present active infinitive of ēmānō "flow out, ēmānō is derived from the Latin ex- (prefix meaning "out, away") + mānō (verb meaning "to give out; to flow").

Now that we have our characters, there's a lot more we can do with them to show what's going on inside them. Those of you who believe in mental telepathy should not be at all surprised at the things cartoonists have emanating from their characters.

1980, Mort Walker, The lexicon of comicana, Emanata, page 28:

Emanata can come from things as well as people to show what's going on.

1980, Mort Walker, The lexicon of comicana, Emanata, page 29:

(comics) Unrealistic pictorial elements emanating from a character, symbolizing something about that character, such as a sweatdrop for anxiety or a question mark for confusion, or emanating from an object, such as heat rays from the sun.


strumpur

is-noun

strumpur m (genitive singular strumps, nominative plural strumpar)

strumps (genitive singular)
strumpar (nominative plural)
strumpur (indefinite nominative singular)
strumpurinn (definite nominative singular)
strumpar (indefinite nominative plural)
strumparnir (definite nominative plural)
strump (accusative indefinite singular)
strumpinn (accusative definite singular)
strumpa (accusative indefinite plural)
strumpana (accusative definite plural)
strumpi (dative indefinite singular)
strumpinum (dative definite singular)
strumpnum (dative definite singular)
strumpum (dative indefinite plural)
strumpunum (dative definite plural)
strumps (genitive indefinite singular)
strumpsins (definite genitive singular)
strumpa (genitive indefinite plural)
strumpanna (definite genitive plural)


Schlumpf

de-noun

Schlumpf m (strong, genitive Schlumpfes or Schlumpfs, plural Schlümpfe, feminine Schlumpfine or Schlümpfin)

Schlumpfes (genitive)
Schlumpfs (genitive)
Schlümpfe (plural)
Schlumpfine (feminine)
Schlümpfin (feminine)
Schlumpf (nominative singular)
Schlümpfe (definite nominative plural)
Schlumpfes (genitive singular)
Schlumpfs (genitive singular)
Schlümpfe (definite genitive plural)
Schlumpf (dative singular)
Schlumpfe (dative singular)
Schlümpfen (dative definite plural)
Schlumpf (accusative singular)
Schlümpfe (accusative definite plural)

Alteration of French schtroumpf, itself probably from German Strumpf (“stocking”). Whether the form was coined at random by the German translator or whether it was influenced by the surname below or perhaps by some other word, appears to be unknown.


SG

Although Supergirl fans will relish page 4, I believe the first panel of 5 says it all: after a full force ramming by SG, PG just casually tosses her into a wall. Now *that's* Power Girl.

1997 October 25, Lightning, “REVIEW Power Girl #1, uhm, I mean Supergirl #16”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <62tta5$a7g$1@206.230.70.77>:

Actually, a point could be made that the animated Supergirl is much more like Power Girl than the pre Crisis Supergirl.
For one thing she adopted the name Karen (Karen Starr was the name Kara Zor-L created), also she wears PG's costume colors and has a strong resentment toward's Clark's overprotectiveness. The only difference is that the animated SG has the Kara Zor-El personality more than she does Power Girl's.

1998 May 6, CaptT...@webtv.net, “Re: Why is TV kind of pre-Crisis and comics Post-Crisis”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe (Usenet), message-ID <6iouoe$1jf$1@newsd-134.iap.bryant.webtv.net>:

I kinda hate how they made Power Girl (Kara/SG pre-Crisis on World 2 or 3?) evil and a clone of SG. One of my fav comics growing up was Supes, and PG and I think Green Arrow going after Vandal Savage.

2005 September 21, tan...@bellsouth.net, “Re: JLU - WOW”, in alt.tv.cartoon-network (Usenet), message-ID <SL7Ye.4284$xg3.1881@bignews4.bellsouth.net>:

(comics) Initialism of Supergirl (“DC Comics superheroine”).


shonen

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From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”).

shōnen (alternative)
shounen (alternative)

(anime, manga) A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience.


shonen

en-adj

shonen (comparative more shonen, superlative most shonen)

more shonen (comparative)
most shonen (superlative)
shōnen (alternative)
shounen (alternative)

(anime, manga) Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.


mecha

From Japanese メカ (meka), from an abbreviation of the English mechanical.

Having deprived her of both her mecha and her lover, Masato looks set for a nasty end, but Miku arrives to save him.

1997, Helen McCarthy, The anime movie guide:

A transformation occurs when a mecha character, vehicle, or weapon unfolds and reassembles itself in a totally new form.

2002, Christopher Hart, Anime mania: how to draw characters for Japanese animation:

Porco Rosso evinces a deep fascination with mechanical objects of all sorts but it is by no means a mecha movie...

2006, Dani Cavallaro, The animé art of Hayao Miyazaki:

Each week the good guys fight the bad guys and vanquish them in a mecha battle, only to have the bad guys reappear intact the following week.

2007, Frenchy Lunning, Mechademia 2: Networks of Desire:

[…] to be a “lifter”—to pilot a mecha that can also transform into an air board […]

2007, Robin E. Brenner, Understanding manga and anime, page 170:

In this section, I show you mechas that are large enough to be piloted by humans from the inside. Although most of them are designed for combat, some function as transportation or construction mechas.

2011, Kensuke Okabayashi, Manga For Dummies, page 275:

(anime, manga) A large armoured robot on legs, typically controlled by a pilot seated inside.


šmoula

šmoula (nominative singular)
šmoulové (nominative plural)
šmouly (genitive singular)
šmoulů (genitive plural)
šmoulovi (dative singular)
šmoulům (dative plural)
šmoulu (accusative singular)
šmouly (accusative plural)
šmoulo (singular vocative)
šmoulové (plural vocative)
šmoulovi (locative singular)
šmoulech (locative plural)
šmoulou (instrumental singular)
šmouly (instrumental plural)


sarjakuvakirja

sarjakuvakirja (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjat (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirja (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjat (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjan (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjat (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjan (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojen (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjain (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaa (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoja (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassa (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissa (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjasta (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoista (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaan (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihin (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjalla (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoilla (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjalta (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoilta (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjalle (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoille (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjana (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoina (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaksi (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoiksi (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjatta (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoitta (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sarjakuvakirjani (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjani (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjani (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjani (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjani (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjani (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjani (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojeni (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaini (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaani (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojani (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassani (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissani (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjastani (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoistani (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaani (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihini (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallani (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillani (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaltani (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoiltani (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjalleni (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoilleni (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanani (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoinani (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjakseni (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoikseni (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjattani (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoittani (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoineni (comitative plural)
sarjakuvakirjasi (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjasi (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjasi (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjasi (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjasi (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjasi (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjasi (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojesi (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaisi (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaasi (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojasi (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassasi (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissasi (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjastasi (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoistasi (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaasi (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihisi (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallasi (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillasi (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaltasi (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoiltasi (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallesi (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillesi (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanasi (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoinasi (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaksesi (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoiksesi (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjattasi (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoittasi (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoinesi (comitative plural)
sarjakuvakirjamme (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjamme (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjamme (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjamme (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjamme (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjamme (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjamme (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojemme (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaimme (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaamme (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojamme (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassamme (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissamme (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjastamme (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoistamme (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaamme (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihimme (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallamme (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillamme (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaltamme (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoiltamme (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallemme (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillemme (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanamme (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoinamme (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaksemme (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoiksemme (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjattamme (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoittamme (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoinemme (comitative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanne (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjanne (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanne (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjanne (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanne (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjanne (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjanne (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojenne (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjainne (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaanne (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojanne (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassanne (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissanne (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjastanne (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoistanne (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaanne (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihinne (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallanne (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillanne (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaltanne (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoiltanne (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallenne (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillenne (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjananne (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoinanne (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaksenne (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoiksenne (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjattanne (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoittanne (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoinenne (comitative plural)
sarjakuvakirjansa (nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjansa (nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjansa (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuvakirjansa (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuvakirjansa (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjansa (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjansa (genitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojensa (genitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjainsa (genitive plural rare)
sarjakuvakirjaansa (partitive singular)
sarjakuvakirjojaan (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjojansa (partitive plural)
sarjakuvakirjassaan (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjassansa (inessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoissaan (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoissansa (inessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjastaan (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjastansa (elative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoistaan (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjoistansa (elative plural)
sarjakuvakirjaansa (illative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoihinsa (illative plural)
sarjakuvakirjallaan (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjallansa (adessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoillaan (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoillansa (adessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjaltaan (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjaltansa (ablative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoiltaan (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjoiltansa (ablative plural)
sarjakuvakirjalleen (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjallensa (allative singular)
sarjakuvakirjoilleen (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjoillensa (allative plural)
sarjakuvakirjanaan (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjanansa (essive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoinaan (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoinansa (essive plural)
sarjakuvakirjakseen (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjaksensa (singular translative)
sarjakuvakirjoikseen (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjoiksensa (plural translative)
sarjakuvakirjattaan (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjattansa (abessive singular)
sarjakuvakirjoittaan (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoittansa (abessive plural)
sarjakuvakirjoineen (comitative plural)
sarjakuvakirjoinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈs̠ɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌkuʋɑ̝ˌk̟irjɑ̝]


sarjakuva-albumi

sarjakuva-albumi (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumit (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumi (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumit (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumin (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumit (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumin (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumien (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeiden (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeitten (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumia (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeita (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeja (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissa (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissa (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumista (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeista (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiin (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihin (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumilla (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeilla (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumilta (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeilta (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumille (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeille (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albumina (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeina (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiksi (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeiksi (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumitta (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitta (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sarjakuva-albumini (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumini (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumini (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumini (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumini (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumini (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumini (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumieni (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeideni (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeitteni (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiani (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitani (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejani (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissani (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissani (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumistani (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeistani (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiini (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihini (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillani (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillani (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiltani (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeiltani (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumilleni (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeilleni (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminani (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeinani (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumikseni (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeikseni (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumittani (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeittani (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeineni (comitative plural)
sarjakuva-albumisi (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumisi (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumisi (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumisi (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumisi (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumisi (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumisi (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumiesi (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeidesi (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeittesi (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiasi (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitasi (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejasi (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissasi (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissasi (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumistasi (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeistasi (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiisi (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihisi (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillasi (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillasi (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiltasi (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeiltasi (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillesi (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillesi (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminasi (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeinasi (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiksesi (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeiksesi (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumittasi (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeittasi (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeinesi (comitative plural)
sarjakuva-albumimme (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumimme (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumimme (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albumimme (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albumimme (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumimme (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumimme (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumiemme (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeidemme (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeittemme (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiamme (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitamme (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejamme (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissamme (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissamme (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumistamme (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeistamme (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiimme (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihimme (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillamme (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillamme (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiltamme (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeiltamme (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillemme (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillemme (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminamme (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeinamme (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiksemme (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeiksemme (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumittamme (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeittamme (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeinemme (comitative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminne (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albuminne (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminne (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albuminne (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminne (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albuminne (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albuminne (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumienne (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeidenne (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeittenne (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumianne (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitanne (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejanne (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissanne (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissanne (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumistanne (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeistanne (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiinne (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihinne (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillanne (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillanne (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiltanne (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeiltanne (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillenne (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillenne (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminanne (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeinanne (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiksenne (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeiksenne (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumittanne (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeittanne (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeinenne (comitative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (accusative nominative singular)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (accusative nominative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (accusative genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (accusative genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albuminsa (genitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumiensa (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeidensa (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeittensa (genitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiaan (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumiansa (partitive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeitaan (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejaan (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeitansa (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumejansa (partitive plural)
sarjakuva-albumissaan (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumissansa (inessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeissaan (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeissansa (inessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumistaan (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumistansa (elative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeistaan (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumeistansa (elative plural)
sarjakuva-albumiinsa (illative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeihinsa (illative plural)
sarjakuva-albumillaan (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumillansa (adessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeillaan (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeillansa (adessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumiltaan (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumiltansa (ablative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeiltaan (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumeiltansa (ablative plural)
sarjakuva-albumilleen (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumillensa (allative singular)
sarjakuva-albumeilleen (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albumeillensa (allative plural)
sarjakuva-albuminaan (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albuminansa (essive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeinaan (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeinansa (essive plural)
sarjakuva-albumikseen (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumiksensa (singular translative)
sarjakuva-albumeikseen (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumeiksensa (plural translative)
sarjakuva-albumittaan (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumittansa (abessive singular)
sarjakuva-albumeittaan (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeittansa (abessive plural)
sarjakuva-albumeineen (comitative plural)
sarjakuva-albumeinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈs̠ɑ̝rjɑ̝ˌkuʋɑ̝ˌ(ʔ)ɑ̝lbumi]


senpai

senpais (plural)
senpai (plural)
sempai (alternative)

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Borrowed from Japanese 先(せん)輩(ぱい) (senpai). Doublet of sunbae.

(anime and manga, fandom slang) An upperclassman or elder student, in the context of Japan.


манга

Borrowed from Russian ма́нга (mánga), from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga).

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


манга

манги (plural)
манга (manga) (indefinite singular)
манги (indefinite plural)
мангата (definite singular unspecified)
мангите (definite plural unspecified)
мангава (definite proximal singular)
мангиве (definite plural proximal)
мангана (definite distal singular)
мангине (definite distal plural)
манго (singular vocative)
манги (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”).


манга

манган (attributive)
манга (indefinite nominative singular)
manga (indefinite nominative singular)
манганууд (definite nominative plural)
манганы (genitive indefinite singular)
мангануудын (definite genitive plural)
мангаг (accusative indefinite singular)
мангануудыг (accusative definite plural)
манганд (dative indefinite locative singular)
мангануудад (dative definite locative plural)
манганаас (ablative indefinite singular)
мангануудаас (ablative definite plural)
мангагаар (indefinite instrumental singular)
мангануудаар (definite instrumental plural)
мангатай (comitative indefinite singular)
мангануудтай (comitative definite plural)
мангагүй (indefinite privative singular)
мангануудгүй (definite plural privative)
манга руу (directive indefinite singular)
манганууд руу (definite directive plural)
мангагаа (indefinite nominative singular)
мангануудаа (definite nominative plural)
манганыхаа (genitive indefinite singular)
мангануудынхаа (definite genitive plural)
мангагаа (accusative indefinite singular)
мангануудыгаа (accusative definite plural)
мангандаа (dative indefinite locative singular)
манганууддаа (dative definite locative plural)
манганаасаа (ablative indefinite singular)
мангануудаасаа (ablative definite plural)
мангагаараа (indefinite instrumental singular)
мангануудаараа (definite instrumental plural)
мангатайгаа (comitative indefinite singular)
мангануудтайгаа (comitative definite plural)
мангагүйгээ (indefinite privative singular)
мангануудгүйгээ (definite plural privative)
манга руугаа (directive indefinite singular)
манганууд руугаа (definite directive plural)
манганых (indefinite singular)
мангануудынх (definite plural)
манганыхан (indefinite singular)
мангануудынхан (definite plural)


манга

ru-noun+

ма́нга • (mánga) f inan (genitive ма́нги, uncountable)

ма́нга (canonical)
mánga (romanization)
ма́нги (genitive)
ма́нга (nominative singular)
ма́нги (genitive singular)
ма́нге (dative singular)
ма́нгу (accusative singular)
ма́нгой (instrumental singular)
ма́нгою (instrumental singular)
ма́нге (prepositional singular)

→ Bashkir: манга (manga)

→ Tatar: манга (manga)

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Doublet of ма́нхва (mánxva) and маньхуа́ (manʹxuá).


mangá

pt-noun

mangá (Brazil, Portugal) m or (Portugal) f (plural mangás)

mangás (plural)
manga (alternative Portugal)

(chiefly Brazil, comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


manhua

en-noun

manhua (countable and uncountable, plural manhuas)

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhwa.

(comics) A comic originating in China or Taiwan.


manhua

(comics) manhua (comic originating in China)


manhua

Borrowed from Mandarin 漫畫 /漫画 (mànhuà), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of mangá and manhwa.


manhwa

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of manga and manhua.

In fact, many manga fans don't realize that their favorite comics — such as Priest, Ragnarock, and Island — are actually Korean manhwa!

2004, Christopher Hart, Manhwa Mania: How to Draw Korean Comics, Watson-Guptill Publications, →ISBN, page 7:

Since the Korean language reads left to right (unlike Chinese and Japanese), manhwa are printed left to right in the same format as English books.

2007, Jason Thompson, Manga: The Complete Guide, Del Rey, published 2007, →ISBN:

As the best Japanese titles were mined, the American companies began to look for alternatives, and Tokyopop's founder Stuart Levy already had a budding interest in Korean manhwa.

2008, Mark James Russell, Pop Goes Korea: Behind the Revolution in Movies, Music, and Internet Culture, Stone Bridge Press, published 2008, →ISBN:


manhwa

(comics) manhwa (comic originating in Korea)


manhwa

Borrowed from Korean 만화(漫畫) (manhwa), from Japanese 漫(まん)画(が) (manga). Doublet of mangá and manhua.


hench

en-verb

hench (third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched)

henches (present singular third-person)
henching (participle present)
henched (participle past)
henched (past)

(comics) To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.


head

★ (English symbol name star or five-pointed star)

star (English name symbol)
five-pointed star (English name symbol)

Likely from Egyptian 𓇼 (“determinative for stars and constellations”) (image: dwA). However, around the same time in Mesopotamia, non-cuneiform depictions of a star with eight- or six-points are attested; compare Sumerian 𒀭, a cuneiform character descended from such drawings.

der

(animation, especially anime, comics) Appears in the eyes of a character to indicate that they are star-struck, excited or incredibly happy.


webcartoonist

(comics, Internet) A person who creates webcomics.


(comics) Multiple gears indicate that a character is thinking and is probably about to have an idea. Compare 💡 (“light bulb symbol, indicates an idea”).


komiks

komiks (nominative singular)
komiksy (nominative plural)
komiksu (genitive singular)
komiksów (genitive plural)
komiksowi (dative singular)
komiksom (dative plural)
komiks (accusative singular)
komiksy (accusative plural)
komiksem (instrumental singular)
komiksami (instrumental plural)
komiksie (locative singular)
komiksach (locative plural)
komiksie (singular vocative)
komiksy (plural vocative)


puffo

Onomatopoeic; or the word might contain an allusion to the adjective "buffo", meaning "funny".


kohai

kohais (plural)
kohai (plural)
kōhai (alternative)
kouhai (alternative)

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Borrowed from Japanese 後(こう)輩(はい) (kōhai, literally “later cohort”). Doublet of hoobae.

ja-r

(anime and manga, fandom slang) An underclassman or younger student.


霊気

ja-noun

霊(れい)気(き) or 霊(れい)気(ぎ) or 霊(りょう)気(げ) • (reiki or reigi or ryōge) ^(←りやうげ (ryauge)?)

霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
霊気 (canonical)
reiki (romanization)
reigi (romanization)
ryōge (romanization)
ryauge (romanization)
りやうげ (hiragana historical)

(anime, manga) qi or life-force, spiritual power or energy


schtroumpf

Coined by Peyo, probably from German Strumpf (“stocking, sock”), which is not semantically related, but peculiar and “funny sounding” to the French ear because of the unfamiliar combinations of consonants. See also smurf.


smerf

smerf (nominative singular)
smerfy (nominative plural)
smerfa (genitive singular)
smerfów (genitive plural)
smerfowi (dative singular)
smerfom (dative plural)
smerfa (accusative singular)
smerfy (accusative plural)
smerfem (instrumental singular)
smerfami (instrumental plural)
smerfie (locative singular)
smerfach (locative plural)
smerfie (singular vocative)
smerfy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Dutch smurf, from French schtroumpf.


меха

ru-noun+

ме́ха • (méxa) f inan (genitive ме́хи, nominative plural ме́хи, genitive plural мех)

ме́ха (canonical)
méxa (romanization)
ме́хи (genitive)
ме́хи (nominative plural)
мех (genitive plural)
ме́ха (nominative singular)
ме́хи (nominative plural)
ме́хи (genitive singular)
ме́х (genitive plural)
ме́хе (dative singular)
ме́хам (dative plural)
ме́ху (accusative singular)
ме́хи (accusative plural)
ме́хой (instrumental singular)
ме́хою (instrumental singular)
ме́хами (instrumental plural)
ме́хе (prepositional singular)
ме́хах (plural prepositional)


funny papers

(comics) The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.


omake

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Borrowed from Japanese お負け (omake, “extra, bonus”).

(manga) Additional material to the main series added to the tankobon edition of a manga.


superdeformed

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(anime, manga) Alternative form of super deformed (“drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads”).


barrufet

Uncertain, perhaps a metathesis of rebufet, from rebuf (“gust of wind”).


smurffi

smurffi (nominative singular)
smurffit (nominative plural)
smurffi (accusative nominative singular)
smurffit (accusative nominative plural)
smurffin (accusative genitive singular)
smurffit (accusative genitive plural)
smurffin (genitive singular)
smurffien (genitive plural)
smurffia (partitive singular)
smurffeja (partitive plural)
smurffissa (inessive singular)
smurffeissa (inessive plural)
smurffista (elative singular)
smurffeista (elative plural)
smurffiin (illative singular)
smurffeihin (illative plural)
smurffilla (adessive singular)
smurffeilla (adessive plural)
smurffilta (ablative singular)
smurffeilta (ablative plural)
smurffille (allative singular)
smurffeille (allative plural)
smurffina (essive singular)
smurffeina (essive plural)
smurffiksi (singular translative)
smurffeiksi (plural translative)
smurffitta (abessive singular)
smurffeitta (abessive plural)
smurffein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
smurffini (nominative singular)
smurffini (nominative plural)
smurffini (accusative nominative singular)
smurffini (accusative nominative plural)
smurffini (accusative genitive singular)
smurffini (accusative genitive plural)
smurffini (genitive singular)
smurffieni (genitive plural)
smurffiani (partitive singular)
smurffejani (partitive plural)
smurffissani (inessive singular)
smurffeissani (inessive plural)
smurffistani (elative singular)
smurffeistani (elative plural)
smurffiini (illative singular)
smurffeihini (illative plural)
smurffillani (adessive singular)
smurffeillani (adessive plural)
smurffiltani (ablative singular)
smurffeiltani (ablative plural)
smurffilleni (allative singular)
smurffeilleni (allative plural)
smurffinani (essive singular)
smurffeinani (essive plural)
smurffikseni (singular translative)
smurffeikseni (plural translative)
smurffittani (abessive singular)
smurffeittani (abessive plural)
smurffeineni (comitative plural)
smurffisi (nominative singular)
smurffisi (nominative plural)
smurffisi (accusative nominative singular)
smurffisi (accusative nominative plural)
smurffisi (accusative genitive singular)
smurffisi (accusative genitive plural)
smurffisi (genitive singular)
smurffiesi (genitive plural)
smurffiasi (partitive singular)
smurffejasi (partitive plural)
smurffissasi (inessive singular)
smurffeissasi (inessive plural)
smurffistasi (elative singular)
smurffeistasi (elative plural)
smurffiisi (illative singular)
smurffeihisi (illative plural)
smurffillasi (adessive singular)
smurffeillasi (adessive plural)
smurffiltasi (ablative singular)
smurffeiltasi (ablative plural)
smurffillesi (allative singular)
smurffeillesi (allative plural)
smurffinasi (essive singular)
smurffeinasi (essive plural)
smurffiksesi (singular translative)
smurffeiksesi (plural translative)
smurffittasi (abessive singular)
smurffeittasi (abessive plural)
smurffeinesi (comitative plural)
smurffimme (nominative singular)
smurffimme (nominative plural)
smurffimme (accusative nominative singular)
smurffimme (accusative nominative plural)
smurffimme (accusative genitive singular)
smurffimme (accusative genitive plural)
smurffimme (genitive singular)
smurffiemme (genitive plural)
smurffiamme (partitive singular)
smurffejamme (partitive plural)
smurffissamme (inessive singular)
smurffeissamme (inessive plural)
smurffistamme (elative singular)
smurffeistamme (elative plural)
smurffiimme (illative singular)
smurffeihimme (illative plural)
smurffillamme (adessive singular)
smurffeillamme (adessive plural)
smurffiltamme (ablative singular)
smurffeiltamme (ablative plural)
smurffillemme (allative singular)
smurffeillemme (allative plural)
smurffinamme (essive singular)
smurffeinamme (essive plural)
smurffiksemme (singular translative)
smurffeiksemme (plural translative)
smurffittamme (abessive singular)
smurffeittamme (abessive plural)
smurffeinemme (comitative plural)
smurffinne (nominative singular)
smurffinne (nominative plural)
smurffinne (accusative nominative singular)
smurffinne (accusative nominative plural)
smurffinne (accusative genitive singular)
smurffinne (accusative genitive plural)
smurffinne (genitive singular)
smurffienne (genitive plural)
smurffianne (partitive singular)
smurffejanne (partitive plural)
smurffissanne (inessive singular)
smurffeissanne (inessive plural)
smurffistanne (elative singular)
smurffeistanne (elative plural)
smurffiinne (illative singular)
smurffeihinne (illative plural)
smurffillanne (adessive singular)
smurffeillanne (adessive plural)
smurffiltanne (ablative singular)
smurffeiltanne (ablative plural)
smurffillenne (allative singular)
smurffeillenne (allative plural)
smurffinanne (essive singular)
smurffeinanne (essive plural)
smurffiksenne (singular translative)
smurffeiksenne (plural translative)
smurffittanne (abessive singular)
smurffeittanne (abessive plural)
smurffeinenne (comitative plural)
smurffinsa (nominative singular)
smurffinsa (nominative plural)
smurffinsa (accusative nominative singular)
smurffinsa (accusative nominative plural)
smurffinsa (accusative genitive singular)
smurffinsa (accusative genitive plural)
smurffinsa (genitive singular)
smurffiensa (genitive plural)
smurffiaan (partitive singular)
smurffiansa (partitive singular)
smurffejaan (partitive plural)
smurffejansa (partitive plural)
smurffissaan (inessive singular)
smurffissansa (inessive singular)
smurffeissaan (inessive plural)
smurffeissansa (inessive plural)
smurffistaan (elative singular)
smurffistansa (elative singular)
smurffeistaan (elative plural)
smurffeistansa (elative plural)
smurffiinsa (illative singular)
smurffeihinsa (illative plural)
smurffillaan (adessive singular)
smurffillansa (adessive singular)
smurffeillaan (adessive plural)
smurffeillansa (adessive plural)
smurffiltaan (ablative singular)
smurffiltansa (ablative singular)
smurffeiltaan (ablative plural)
smurffeiltansa (ablative plural)
smurffilleen (allative singular)
smurffillensa (allative singular)
smurffeilleen (allative plural)
smurffeillensa (allative plural)
smurffinaan (essive singular)
smurffinansa (essive singular)
smurffeinaan (essive plural)
smurffeinansa (essive plural)
smurffikseen (singular translative)
smurffiksensa (singular translative)
smurffeikseen (plural translative)
smurffeiksensa (plural translative)
smurffittaan (abessive singular)
smurffittansa (abessive singular)
smurffeittaan (abessive plural)
smurffeittansa (abessive plural)
smurffeineen (comitative plural)
smurffeinensa (comitative plural)

Dutch smurf, changed from the original French schtroumpf.


chuyển

[c⁽ʷ⁾iəŋ˨˩˦]

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imouto

::laughs:: it's ok. Josh only tolerates it becuase ^([sic]) I'm his imouto and am only joking.

1999 January 10, Animeg3282, “Recent flow of posters from AFSM to AGFF and vice versa...”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):

The mirror was going to take you, just like it - like it almost took Mom, and Dad, and imouto. I couldn't let it take you... I love you, onee-san. Please, can you ever forgive me?

1999 July 13, Vctr113062, “[TK3 fanfic] "Phoenix" Ch. 19, 2/4”, in alt.games.video.sony-playstation (Usenet):

Second, why do all the girls correspond so well to accepted anime character archetypes? (We have at the least, Triela the tsundere, Claes the incho, Rico the bokke, Angelica as the sick girl, and Henrietta the imouto.)

2007 February 1, Abraham Evangelista, “10 Year Retrospective - My Least Favorites”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):

I have to say I didn't have trouble with the cannon fodder, although the imouto is *extremely* annoying and needs a good spanking. She's too old to be acting like a brat.

2011 January 30, Captain Nerd, “Jan '11 New Anime series - my thoughts thru 3 eps”, in rec.arts.anim.misc (Usenet):

I mean, an utilitarian analysis, knowing in hindsight that little imoutos are the best thing that can happen to any anime lover, would clearly have revealed that her constantly kicking my balls when we were small enough to share a bath tub was not to be mistaken for ill intent, and that her nagging about my bicycle riding style when I carried her on the back seat was just natural

2015 September 20, pataphor, “Bantu versus Baby5: A critique of utilitarianism”, in alt.angst (Usenet):

(anime and manga slang) A little sister.


けっかい

(manga, anime) on a small scale, meaning a projected energy barrier, force field, or shield; and on a larger scale, meaning a pocket universe, spiritual or otherwise


blort

en-noun

blort (countable and uncountable, plural blorts)

Onomatopoetic; in sense 1, also blend of blow + snort.

(ABDL, chiefly art and comics, uncommon) Indicates the sound of defecation, especially into a diaper.


Pikachu

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(video games, anime, manga) A small yellow rodent-like Pokémon species that has red cheeks and a tail shaped like a lightning bolt, and has electricity-related powers.


Pikachu

Borrowed from English Pikachu, from Japanese ピカチュウ (Pikachū).

(ACG, video games, anime, manga) Pikachu


pitufo

es-noun

pitufo m (plural pitufos, feminine pitufa, feminine plural pitufas)

pitufos (plural)
pitufa (feminine)
pitufas (feminine plural)

Named after Patufet, a child character in Catalan folklore.
The bread rolls sense comes from a comparison to the small size of the smurfs, a popular cartoon at the time.

El alcalde, David Fernández, asegura que tan sólo quedan tres casas por pintar en esta localidad de 250 habitantes, elegida por Sony Pictures Releasing para representar el pueblo pitufo.

2011 June 10, “Pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:

Los Pitufos ya no podrán vivir legalmente en su pueblo de Málaga, Júzcar: desde el próximo día 15, el llamado "primer pueblo pitufo del mundo" dejará de serlo porque los herederos del dibujante belga Peyo, creador de los enanos azules de gorro frigio blanco, quieren cobrar al municipio serrano derechos de imagen y el pueblo se niega a hacerlo.

2017 August 7, El País, “Los Pitufos reniegan del pueblo pitufo”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:


smølf

head

smølf c (singular definite smølfen, plural indefinite smølfer)

smølfen (definite singular)
smølfer (indefinite plural)
smølf (indefinite nominative singular)
smølfen (definite nominative singular)
smølfer (indefinite nominative plural)
smølferne (definite nominative plural)
smølfs (genitive indefinite singular)
smølfens (definite genitive singular)
smølfers (genitive indefinite plural)
smølfernes (definite genitive plural)

From Dutch smurf, changed from French schtroumpf.


estrumpfe

estrumpfes (plural)
estrunfe (alternative)

(Portugal, comics, fiction) smurf (fictional blue pixie character of The Smurfs)


萌え

→ Chinese:

Mandarin: 萌 (méng, “moe”)

→ English: moe, moé

→ Korean: 모에 (mo'e, “moe”)

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 萌える (moeru, “to bud, sprout; be aroused”).
The "feelings of affection towards a fictional character" sense likely first appeared in the early 1990s.

(anime, manga slang) moe: feelings of affection towards a fictional character


BDQ

(comics) Initialism of bande dessinée québécoise (“Quebecois comic strip”). (bande dessinée)


BDK

(comics, obsolete) Initialism of bande dessinée kébécoise (“Quebecois comic strip”). (bande dessinée)


魔法少女

ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

ㄇㄛˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄕㄠˋ ㄋㄩˇ

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

/mu̯ɔ³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹ ny²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/mɔː⁵⁵ faːt̚³ siːu̯³³ nɵy̯¹³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ lu⁵⁵⁴/

/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² huat̚³²⁻⁵ siau²¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau¹¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵³/

/mɔ̃²³⁻³³ huat̚³²⁻⁴ siau²¹⁻⁴¹ lu⁴¹/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) (mahō shōjo, “magical girl”). Doublet of 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ).

ja-r

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

wasei kango

ま%ほう %しょう%じょ

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

《魔法少女小圓》

《魔法少女小圆》

(manga, anime) magical girl (a girl or young woman with magical abilities and engaged in magical adventures)


魔法少女

ja-noun

魔(ま)法(ほう)少(しょう)女(じょ) • (mahō shōjo) ^(←まはふせうぢよ (mafafuseudyo)?)

魔法少女 (canonical)
mahō shōjo (romanization)
mafafuseudyo (romanization)
まはふせうぢよ (hiragana historical)

→ Chinese:

zh-l

馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

Mandarin: 馬猴燒酒／马猴烧酒 (mǎhóu shāojiǔ)

魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

Mandarin: 魔法少女 (mófǎ shàonǚ)

→ Korean: 마법소녀(魔法少女) (mabeopsonyeo)

→ English: magical girl (calque)

From 魔法(まほう) (mahō) + 少女(しょうじょ) (shōjo).


cartutx

Borrowed from Spanish cartucho, borrowed from French cartouche, borrowed from Italian cartoccio (“paper bag”).


半妖

(anime, manga) half-human, half-demon(?) characters; often due to one parent being human and the other being demon


仙法

仙術: a specific technique of mystical sagehood

(fantasy, manga) magic, spellcraft, witchcraft, wizardry, sorcery


newhalf

newhalfs (plural)
newhalves (plural)
new half (alternative)

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Calque of Japanese ニューハーフ (nyūhāfu, “new half”). ニューハーフ is wasei eigo, from English.

calque

(anime, manga, slang) A character with a female body but only male genitals.


HEY, RIP! I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO SOME WORK AROUND HERE TODAY? IT'S ALMOST NOON⋯ / HUH? KEEP YOUR BIB ON, KIDDO⋯Z-Z-Z--WHAT'S THE RUSH? I DON'T FEEL SO GOOD⋯Z-Z-Z-I'LL DO IT NEXT WEEK⋯

1967 July 15, “Hatlo’s They’ll Do It Every Time”, in Florence Morning News, 44th year, number 196 (in English), Florence, S.C., page 11:


komku

ms-noun

komku (Jawi spelling کومکو, plural komku-komku)

Blend of komik (“comic”) + buku (“book”).

blend

(comics) A type of illustration which has story and dialog.

(comics) A comic book, regardless of the artistic style.


zombie strip

(comics) A newspaper or magazine strip cartoon that is continued by others following the retirement or death of its originator.


(comics, humorous, hyperbolic, rare, often accompanied by a cloud) Indicates a strong stench.


(anime, manga) Represents anger or frustration on a person's face.


㗅

(Mainland China Internet slang) to talk nonsense


アンソロジー

[ã̠ɰ̃so̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

(manga, specifically) official fan work collection


balão

balões (plural)
ballão (alternative obsolete)
balaõ (alternative obsolete)
ballaõ (alternative obsolete)