漫画家

Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 漫画家 – see 漫畫家 (“cartoonist; caricaturist; etc.”).
(This term, 漫画家, is the simplified form of 漫畫家.)
Notes:

Japanese
Kanji in this term
漫 画 家
まん
Grade: S		 が
Grade: 2		 か
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

漫画 (manga, “comics”) +‎ 家 (-ka, “-ist”)

Pronunciation

Noun

漫画家 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 漫畫家, hiragana まんがか, hiragana and katakana マンガか, rōmaji mangaka, historical hiragana まんぐわか)

  1. a cartoonist; a comics artist
    • 2007 July 23, Adachi, Mitsuru, “メモリーオフ 前編 [Memory Off: First Chapter]”, in SHORT PROGRAMショート・プログラム [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 112:
      白 (しろ)い……どこもかしこも、まつ白 (しろ)だ……これがあの世 (よ)なのか。漫 (まん)画 (が)家 (か)にとっては本 (ほん)当 (とう)の天 (てん)国 (ごく)だな。静 (しず)かだ……何 (なに)も聞 (き)こえない。
      Shiroi…… Doko mo kashiko mo, matsu shiro da…… Kore ga ano yo nano ka. Mangaka ni totte wa hontō no tengoku da na. Shizuka da…… Nani mo kikoe nai.
      White…… All over the place, endless white…… This feels like the otherworld. The true paradise for comics artists. So quiet…… Not even hearing a thing.
      原 (げん)稿 (こう)料 (りょう)どろぼ——
      Genkōryō doro bo——
      You wanna get paid or not——

Usage notes
  • This is an example of a word that can be spelled with katakana to convey an informal conversational tone, as マンガ家.

Descendants
  • → English: mangaka
  • → French: mangaka
  • → Russian: манга́ка (mangáka)

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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