Questions tagged [manga]
漫画. For questions about language usage in the context of Japanese comics (manga).
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Can you suggest a name for an energy in a magic system that incorporates the kanji 真霊? [closed]
I have decided to choose a more flashy and direct title for my new work. Specifically, I am creating a magic system and I have chosen the name "Rei" (霊) for it, but I don't want to offend ...
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Meaning of 「まだ跡継ぎとしては幼い弟———私を護ってくれる姉上のことだ」
Reading a manga and it says まだ跡継ぎとしては幼い弟———私を護ってくれる姉上のことだ
Here's the image. It's the first page of the manga and introducing the story. I'm reading it but its meaning is not exactly clear, and machine ...
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Unclear usages of の in 「Xとの対話を」 and 「諦めないのと同じ理由」
While reading this page in the Attack on Titan manga, I had a problem understanding some particles used in this text bubble on the bottom right. (Possible spoilers, read at your own risk)
As I ...
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コトを appears after the verb
I came across this sentence in chapter 37 of それでも歩は寄せてくる:
うるし：「あぶなー… 寒いとか言ってたら歩のことだ」
歩：「オレの学ランをどうぞ」
うるし：「とか言って私がまた照れちゃうコトを」
Now, what I understand the use of the first こと in which there is an ...
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Noun modifying clauses and なんて
This is about this scene from volume 33 of Attack on Titan (hidden to prevent spoilers, continue reading the question at your own risk)
I feel I'm close to understanding this sentence but some parts ...
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なきゃ and とこ usage and translation
I've come across this conversation in それでも歩は寄せてくる:
This is the transcript:
田中歩：「何してるんですか」
八乙女うるし：「お 田中 いいとこに来たな」
八乙女うるし：「新入部員も入ったことだし 名前を入れてやらなきゃなーって 今書いてんだ」
I'm having trouble with Urushi's ...
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Other meaning of ふたたび?
I'm reading Cardcaptor Sakura (Clear Card edition), and there is this sentence at the beginning (to explain to the reader who Eriol is), but I can't figure out the second part at all, please help!
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Double 者 (read もの) in a compound sentence
While reading manga of 進撃の巨人, we stumbled upon a compound sentence having 者 mentioned twice, both marked with は and at the end of that sentence. While we managed to understand (at least in our opinion,...
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と as verbs connector?
Me and my friend read manga in Japanese as a tool to study.
We are currently reading 進撃の巨人 and we had a problem understanding the role of the kana と mid sentence. Here is the manga panel for context ...
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Why is this reading like this?
Why is this reading like this? Looking this up I had to search the radicals individually on Jisho. The furigana reading... is it just flat out wrong? Furthermore, why is the word structured like this? ...
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How to interpret の here?
For context, a speaker got her friend to help her to carry her belongings to a storage room and her friend collapsed. The below panel shows the speaker explaining her situation to somebody.
I have ...
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Understanding されて返ってくる
For context in the below panel, the girls just took photos together and is heading home. I have trouble understanding the nuance of ...されて返ってくる.
Why されて not して? Why it is passive? Also what 返ってくる ...
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How could you improve the word Hikari-tai (火雷隊) as a name
This might be a subjective question
Okay first things first, this question is more about trying to come up with a better name that doesn't disrespect or butcher the language. And I'm not really ...
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Is there a name for this genre of Japanese manga/anime that features VR MMORPG storyline?
Is there a name for this genre of Japanese manga/anime that features VR MMORPG storyline?
スライム倒して300年、知らないうちにレベルMAXになってました
転生したらスライムだった件
痛いのは嫌なので防御力に極振りしたいと思います
自動販売機に生まれ変わった俺は迷宮を彷徨う
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Kaguya-sama: Dropping keigo when narrating?
Related: Kaguya-sama: 女の子 (onnanoko) as an opposite for 男子 (danshi)?
In Kaguya-sama Chapter 52 / S02E02, there's a character named Moeha Fujiwara (the imouto of a main character Chika Fujiwara) who ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets - Difference between うそうそ (uso uso) and 冗談 (じょうだん jōdan joke)
From The Quintessential Quintuplets
1 - S01E01
Related: The Quintessential Quintuplets & Higurashi - What does it mean to repeat a word? Does たのしいたのしい means fun-filled?
See here 2:36 - 2:44. The ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets & Higurashi - What does it mean to repeat a word? Does たのしいたのしい means fun-filled?
1 - Higurashi / Umineko When They Cry
Minor spoilers for Higurashi season 1 and NSFW / violent content: See 1:41 here when Sonozaki wants to go to the 'fun-filled' underground torture chamber.
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Why does 「G」 stand for "excessive depiction of violence" (on ニコニコ)?
The website ニコニコ marks manga with sexual content with the letter H and with excessive depiction of violence with the letter G. If you really feel the need to see an example, this manga is marked with ...
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Use of the pronouns 彼/彼女 and あなた/君 in fictional media
From what I've studied, pronouns like he/she and you are not really common in everyday conversational Japanese, but I see them used more often in media like manga or video games, like a character ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets: Can you use 1st name with the honorific -sensei?
From S01E06 of the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets:
The male protagonist Fuutarou Uesugi is a smart but poor high school student who is tutoring these 5 (currently 3 in ...
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Kaguya-sama: 女の子 (onnanoko) as an opposite for 男子 (danshi)?
Related: Kaguya-sama: Dropping keigo when narrating?
In Kaguya-sama Chapter 52 / S02E02, there's a character named Moeha Fujiwara (the imouto of a main character Chika Fujiwara) who talks about Kei ...
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５個入りという usage, and nuance?
I just saw this thread which might be answering my question, but as I am unsure, I would like to clarify why という is being used here? Does anyone have any ideas?
Counter modifying noun with という
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Understanding てもってね
A guy has a girlfriend who usually goes out for a whole day for training and arrives late. But on a day before 本番, she arrives early. He asked what happened and she said
まあ本番前日に根詰め過ぎてもってね
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Meaning of のs in this sentence
The below sentence is inner thoughts produced by the guy going out with a hot girl (from manga). I get a general idea but I am not sure about its grammar.
俺みたいなのに、付き合ってるの、なんて時間の無駄くらいに思ってて、当然なのに...
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Japanese onomatopoeia for shattering glass?
I'm seeing both ガシャーン/ガシャン and just ガシャ. Are either of these correct?
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What does “ズオオオオオ” mean?
I am currently reading a story titled “妖艶くのいち～濡れた花弁” (Unofficial translation: “Voluptuous Female Ninja: Wet Petals”). Early on in the story, a female ninja named Hasumi foils an assassination attempt ...
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When is ō romanised ou Vs oh?
Top of my head, I think of these 6 anime/manga:
ō's that are 'oh'
Tamaki Suoh (須王 環 Suō Tamaki) from OHSHC
Ōtsuki (大槻) from Kaiji - ok I can't find on the fandom page, but I swear the subs say ...
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What meaning ぬち いっ? [closed]
“ぬちいっ” it's an onomatopoeia that appeared in a manga but I don't understand what it means.
in the manga it appears with a space (like this: ぬち いっ)
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他を～にできない sentence structure
Konnichiwa, so I was watching "berserk 97" and this quote happened:
"-援軍は？
-ない 敵の夜襲に備える為に他を手薄に出来ないそうだ"
I'm very confused about the "他を手薄に出来ない" because "手薄" is ...
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What does this highlight text mean? [closed]
First bubble: 制服姿もあと何回見れるか分からないなって
Second bubble: いふえおひえはう。。。っ
So the speaker in the second bubble is giving a blowjob to another person and I can't search it up in a dictionary😅 Please help me ...
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Is this really a joke about initials F.U. ? Wait...do Japanese names have 'initials'?
Based on the Kaguya-sama case, I guess the answer is negative, but eh who knows?
In Chapter 1 of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, there's a part omitted from the anime where 2 of the quints, ...
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The meaning of もそもそ/ mosomoso when describes someone getting up in the morning
When reading, I met this word and don't understand much (my guess is that it means "tired and slowly getting up"). The sentence describes a character who's waking up in the morning.
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What is the meaning of 「って」 in this context? [duplicate]
I have scoured every article and every related answer in this forum that I can find, but even so I preemptively offer my apologies if this is covered elsewhere. I'm an intermediate Japanese learner, ...
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で particle after て form
So i was reading, and suddenly came across this sentence:
俺の力使ってで悪魔を殺すとよぉ、すっげえ痛そうなんだわ。
Can someone explain, or provide a website that is explaining this? I wasnt able to find anything talking about ...
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Nerd is either ガリ勉(くん) or オバケ / おばけ?
In the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, as well as the corresponding manga, there are 2 terms 'nerd' was used but in the English dub.
Scene 1: S01E01
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The Quintessential Quintuplets: Ghost/monster: オバケ vs おばけ but I don't see the emphasis
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Why are katakana preferred over hiragana or kanji sometimes?
Popular: モテ vs 人気
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The Quintessential Quintuplets: You can't address your parents chichi/haha, but can you refer to your parents as oyaji/otou-san/okaa-san?
According to Yuta (whom I heard is apparently not well regarded in the subreddit r/learnjapanese but eh) in How Anya Speaks Japanese (Spy x Family): You can't address your parents as chichi/haha. ...
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Does まあ necessarily/usually have a romantic connotation? Or at least is まあ probably used romantically here?
From S01E01 / Ch1 of the anime/manga The Quintessential Quintuplets:
The male protagonist Fuutarou is supposed to be the new tutor of this transfer student, the female protagonist Itsuki, but in the ...
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What does the "ら" mean in the sentence "明日は雪降ら"
I was reading the manga サマータイムレンダ and was wondering what the "ら" in "明日は雪降ら" mean and come from, most of the characters are speaking 関西弁 so my main theory was to think that it's ...
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(Edited)Different meaning to それで
I read a manga and I saw that it was translated to “is that so oh well.” Sokka sorede” even if he continued speaking as if “sorede” meant “that’s why/because of that” as I understood the word. Is ...
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How I address a juniour colleague is different from how I refer to the colleague around the colleague's sibling?
From S02E10 of the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets:
Above, Miku Nakano (left) is a younger identical quintuplet of Yotsuba Nakano (right). Miku and Yotsuba are high ...
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What's the わ in まだ早いわ
My question is about the phrase used in this panel from 宝石の国 Chapter 1:
I believe (though I'm not sure of it, as the まだ sits in the previous panel) the full line may be "まだ早いわバカモノ！". The ...
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Kaguya-sama: Changing the way you address someone without your relationship having changed
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Is it common in Japanese to (temporarily? permanently?) change the way you address to someone even if your relationship has not changed because of certain intent say, you want to intimidate ...
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Is this 'onee-san' address sarcastic or something?
S01E03 of anime adaptation of the LN/manga The Devil Is a Part-Timer!
See here 1:18 - 1:32 There are these 2 characters Chiho and Emi who meet for the 1st time when Emi interrupts Chiho's profession (...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets: Complicated/complex/difficult: How different are 複雑 (fukuzatsu) and 大変 (taihen)?
In the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, as well as the corresponding manga, there are these 2 scenes:
Scene 1: (S01E04) Miku Nakano (a member of identical and the ...
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What であって is doing here?
From Yugioh ch1,
宝であって宝でなくなる
I am not sure about the significance of 宝であって here. If it means "it will no longer be a treasure," I'd be fine with just 宝でなくなる. Perhaps であって is short for ...
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Meaning of ってえ in「「いじめ」がどうしたってぇ」
From Yugioh chapter 1,
お前ら「いじめ」がどうしたってぇ
I think it means something like "What did you say about bully?" I am not sure about the どうしたってぇ part, especially ってぇ.
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'yofukashi' in yofukashi no uta?
So there's this new anime adaptation of a manga called Call of the Night aka Yofukashi no Uta. In Wikipedia, the Japanese is given as just よふかしのうた. Wiktionary gives 2 possible meanings
夜更かし
夜更し
What'...
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What does おばあちゃん子 / お兄ちゃん子 mean about a kid's personality ? (MC is talking about his little sisters) [duplicate]
When reading I saw these terms but don't understand. Many thanks if someone can explain those to me!
小さい頃から親代わりに面倒を見てきたせいか、おばあちゃん子ならぬお兄ちゃん子になってしまったようだ。
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