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


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


霊気

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


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


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


魔法少女

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).

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


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


アンソロジー

[ã̠ɰ̃so̞ɾo̞ʑiː]

(manga, specifically) official fan work collection


少年愛

ja:少年愛
ja:少年愛 (少女漫画)

少年愛 (canonical)
shōnen'ai (romanization)

[ɕo̞ːnẽ̞ɰ̃a̠i]

少(しょう)年(ねん) (shōnen, “boy”) + 愛(あい) (ai, “love”)

ja-compound

(manga) yaoi, boy's love, shounen ai (a subgenre of manga depicting love affairs between young men or boys)


ネーム

ja-noun

ネーム • (nēmu)

2009 January 10, Tsugumi Ohba with Obata, Takeshi, “３(さん)ページ ペンとネーム [Page 3: Pens and Names]”, in BAKUMAN(バクマン)。 [BAKUMAN.], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 104:

It’s basically a rough sketch for manga. First you make one and show it to the editor, and only if it’s okayed can you go ahead with the draft. You may have to do it over a couple of times till it gets okayed. Though good manga artists can just pass with the storyboard alone.

マンガの下描きみたいなもん まずこれを描いて編集者に見せてＯＫが出たら初めて原稿にできる ＯＫが出るまでは何度でも描き直し もっともネームで見せていいのはマンガ家としての才能を認められた奴な

Manga no shitagaki mitai na mon Mazu kore o kaite henshūsha ni misete ōkē ga detara hajimete genkō ni dekiru ōkē ga deru made wa nando demo kakinaoshi Motto mo nēmu de misete ii no wa mangaka toshite no sainō o mitomerareta yatsu na

(manga) a manga storyboard, focusing on the words in the speech or thought bubbles to help determine the drawing and frame layout


外伝

『とある科学の超電磁砲』は『とある魔術の禁書目録』の外伝である。

“Toaru Kagaku no Rērugan” wa “Toaru Majutsu no Indekkusu” no gaiden de aru.

A Certain Scientific Railgun is a spin-off of A Certain Magical Index.


立ち絵

zh-l

立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

Chinese: 立繪／立绘 (lìhuì)

(anime, manga, video games) full-body standing drawing of a character


読み切り

読み切り (canonical)
yomikiri (romanization)

Nominalization of the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 読(よ)み切(き)る (yomikiru, “to read completely”).
The manga sense arose from the way that yomikiri comics are standalone story lines that can be read completely in just one volume.

ja-etym-renyokei

(manga) a one-shot, a non-serialised story that is wholly contained in one volume (novel or comic book published as a single, standalone issue)


下忍

Likely a clipping of compound 下(げ)人(にん) (genin, “low-ranked person”) + 忍(にん)者(じゃ) (ninja, “ninja”).


(笑)

(manga) Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing.


アシ

アシスタント アシスタント#Japanese

(manga) Short for アシスタント (ashisutanto, “assistant”).


ウニフラ

[ɯ̟ɲ̟iɸɯ̟ɾa̠]

From ウニ (uni, “urchin”), a reference to its pointiness, and フラッシュ (furasshu, “flash”).

(manga) a form of speech bubble, where the border is made of lines emanating outwards from a circular shape

集中線

集中線 しゅうちゅうせん


カァ

ja-pos

カァ or かぁ • (kā)

カァ (canonical)
かぁ (canonical)
kā (romanization)

(manga) Onomatopoeia for embarrassed blushing.


扉絵

ja-noun

扉(とびら)絵(え) • (tobirae) ^(←とびらゑ (tobirawe)?)

扉絵 (canonical)
tobirae (romanization)
tobirawe (romanization)
とびらゑ (hiragana historical)

(manga) cover or opening illustration, not necessarily placed at the very beginning


漫符

2012, Sakamoto Shōyo, Manga no kaki-kata [How manga is drawn], page 43:

Surprise […] To indicate sweating or the shock of realization, draw this icon and it will be easily understood.

驚 […] 汗の記号やハッと気づく漫符を描くとわかりやすい。

Odoroki […] Ase no kigō ya hatto kizuku manpu o kaku to wakari yasui.

2015, Ueno Kentarō, Himana manga-ka ga ‘Manga ga kakikata hon’ o yonde kangaeta ‘Ore ga best seller o dasanai riyū’ [Manga artist reads ‘How to draw manga book’ in his free time and thinks, ‘That’s why I’ll never produce a best-seller’], page 34:

The manpu (marks used to represent anger or sweat etc.) typically used to this day are introduced.

現在でも普通に使われている漫符（怒りや汗などを表わすマークのこと。 […] ）が紹介されている。

Genzai de mo futsū ni tsukawarete-iru manpu (Ikari ya ase nado o arawasu māku no koto. […] ) ga shōkai sareteiru.

2020, Kūhaku n koma mondai [Blank frame n problem], Pochi! to na:

icons: symbols used to indicate emotions, movement, etc. musical note: an icon indicating that a character is in a good mood

漫符:感情、動き、などを表す記号 音符:上機嫌であることを示す漫符

manpu: kanjō, ugoki, nado o arawasu kigō onpu: jōkigen dearu koto o shimesu manpu

(jargon, manga) icon, manga mark, cartoon icon; a symbol used in manga to represent an emotion or action


コミック化

コミック化 (canonical)
komikku-ka (romanization)

待望のコミック化

(manga) graduation of a webcomic into a commercial publication


コミック化

コミック化する (canonical)
komikku-ka suru (romanization)
コミック化し (stem)
コミック化した (past)
コミック化し
コミックかし
komikku-ka shi
コミック化する
コミックかする
komikku-ka suru
コミック化すれ
コミックかすれ
komikku-ka sure
コミック化せよ (imperative literary)
コミック化しろ (colloquial imperative)
コミックかせよ (imperative literary)
コミックかしろ (colloquial imperative)
komikku-ka seyo (imperative literary)
komikku-ka shiro (colloquial imperative)
コミック化される (passive)
コミックかされる (passive)
komikku-ka sareru (passive)
コミック化させる (causative)
コミック化さす (causative)
コミックかさせる (causative)
コミックかさす (causative)
komikku-ka saseru (causative)
komikku-ka sasu (causative)
コミック化できる (potential)
コミックかできる (potential)
komikku-ka dekiru (potential)
コミック化しよう (volitional)
コミックかしよう (volitional)
komikku-ka shiyō (volitional)
コミック化しない (negative)
コミックかしない (negative)
komikku-ka shinai (negative)
コミック化せず (continuative negative)
コミックかせず (continuative negative)
komikku-ka sezu (continuative negative)
コミック化します (formal)
コミックかします (formal)
komikku-ka shimasu (formal)
コミック化した (perfective)
コミックかした (perfective)
komikku-ka shita (perfective)
コミック化して (conjunctive)
コミックかして (conjunctive)
komikku-ka shite (conjunctive)
コミック化すれば (conditional hypothetical)
コミックかすれば (conditional hypothetical)
komikku-ka sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(manga) to graduate from a webcomic into a commercial publication


クリンナップ

[kɯ̟ɾʲĩnːa̠p̚pɯ̟]

(anime, manga) cleanup of a draft or rough sketch


ラッキースケベ

(manga, fandom slang) event where a young male protagonist accidentally makes intimate contact with a girl or catches an eyeful


代理原稿

代理原稿 (canonical)
dairi genkō (romanization)

[da̠iɾʲi ɡẽ̞ŋko̞ː]

(manga) substitute manuscript, used to fill the spot of another work in an emergency


トゥンク

(manga) Onomatopoeia for getting butterflies in one's stomach in reaction to something.


あ゙

agh! argh! (an expression of horror, disgust or frustration)

aah! (an expression of intense pleasure or excitement)

A letter to transcribe Arabic ع representing the voiced pharyngeal fricative sound /ʕ/.


チャッ

チャッ (canonical)
ちゃっ (canonical)
cha' (romanization)

(chiefly manga) A sharp metallic sound, such as a blade being unsheathed.