Questions tagged [manga]
漫画. For questions about language usage in the context of Japanese comics (manga).
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What does the word 「ぶったてる」mean?
Here is the sentence including the word.
このドヤがいの西{にし}のはずれにりっぱな総{そう}合{ごう}病{びょう}院{いん}をぶったてること!
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What is the verb ending of われん mean?
I am reading the Fullmetal Alchemist manga and came across the following in the first volume:
祈り信じよ
されば救われん
The subtitles of the anime translate this to be:
"Pray and you shall be saved."
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Dakuten used in non-standard ways (like with vowels)?
Sometimes in manga I encounter dakuten used in unexpected ways. For example, I've seen it used after あ. I wonder what effect it has on the pronunciation. Does it basically mean that the voice is ...
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What is this form : Verb + はせん?
I am currently trying to read Bleach in Japanese. So far I haven't ran into any difficulty that a good dictionary cannot overcome. However in this particular scene I am puzzled by a particular scene, ...
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Is this character a そ?
I'm learning Japanese and decided to pick up some manga in Japanese to improve my reading.
I found a preview of a manga I'll be receiving and had a look inside. I found the following character, and ...
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アニメと漫画で日本語を勉強することについて (On learning Japanese from anime/manga) [closed]
最近、漫画好きな外国人が増えたので、日本のアニメや漫画で日本語を勉強する外国人も多くなっています。アニメの日本語が日常の会話であまり使わないので、アニメで日本語を勉強することで日本語をちゃんと学べると思いますか。
(Many foreigners have been learning Japanese through manga and anime due to its popularity ...
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Is the word 「やんな」positive or negative?
I found that in a website 〜やんな is a colloquial form of 〜やるな meaning 'Don't do...'
However, I have seen the word in a manga with the following sentence.
A: おい あかりを消してやんな。新入りさんがまぶしくてねむれんといかん。
B: じゃあ ...
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What do the 「ああなる」and「気いします」mean?
The sentence below is said by a Kansai-spoken character but I'm not sure if thetwo phrases are related to the dialect.
みんながああなる気{き｝持｛も｝ちよう わかるような気｛き｝いします感｛かん｝動｛どう｝してまんね あいつら....
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The order after 男女比
Here is a short text I've encountered in a manga I'm reading:
The main character talks about his school where 男女比 (the sex ratio) is 9 to 1. At first I thought it means that it has 9 times more boys ...
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Question about using the past form verb 「まった」 in this sentence
It is a situation that a boxing fight will begin very soon. Suddenly, a trainer of a boxer thought that his man could be knocked out very easily. He then said the following sentence. Anyway, the ...
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What does “のでは” mean at the end of a sentence?
Below is a sentence I've come across in a manga that I'm unsure of how to translate. The context is some girls are watching a voyeur video of one of the girls undressing.
もう早送りで / よいのでは！ (the / ...
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孫悟飯 - Songohan, why non-Japanese say it comes from “gohan = meal/cooked rice”?
As a French I've always heard that Songohan's name comes from gohan meaning meal/cooked rice. The English Wiki says the same and even mentions ご飯.
But I don't understand why, since the names in the ...
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Why is ば in this sentence?
そんなトコで何ばしよる。
I'm reading a manga and from the context of the pictures I think this sentence reads, "What are you doing up there," but I have no idea what part ば plays. The character speaks in a ...
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Does くだく mean “destroy”? What does いい mean at the beginning of a line?
Would the following be a good translation of the text in the above two speech bubbles?
"Everything in this universe is composed of atoms. Destroying
something is equivalent to destroying the ...
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What is the meaning of 「まちいな」?
Here is the sentence said by Kansai speaker who was capturing 2 boys who were chasing another guy.
まちいな あんさんたち。
I think the word would mean 待つ with particle な emphasizing the emotion but I would ...
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Weird usage of dakuten
Reading manga, I came across this speech bubble:
I noticed the dakuten in ず is on the wrong side of the horizontal line, does this have some special meaning or is it just some sort of printing error? ...
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What does the phrase 「はきゃあがって」 mean?
Here is a part of a conversation between two young guys:
A: わすれやしませんが こんどばかりはいくらおじょうさまの命令でもゆるすわけにはいかねえっ
B: へへっ かっこいいせりふをはきゃあがって....
I think はきゃあがって would come from 「吐ければ」which means 'If you ...
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Is there any difference in meaning between 「抜け切る」 and 「抜ける」?
Actually, I cannot find the definition of 抜け切る in general sources but some of them suggest the word 抜ける instead.
Here is the sentence where I came across the word in a manga.
そいでもって くりかえすけどな...
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What does the word 「なりたかねえ」 mean?
It is said by a boy who was straddling on a running pig among other of them.
せんべいになりたかねえやつあ おとなしくわきへ どいてろっ。
I think it would mean 「なりたくない」 or 'not to become'. Is it changed because of dialectal ...
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Why いた is used instead of いる here? [duplicate]
Why いた is used instead of いる in the dialogue below?
なんでえ
生{い}きてたのか
楓{かえで}ばばあ。
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Meaning of 欲ばっから and help with the following sentence
Context: Riku, the protagonist boxer of this manga, is fighting against an evasive opponent that is really good at dodging punches and who always tries to win on points rather than KOs. Riku tries to ...
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What does nda ンだ stand for?
I know that kore means “this” but i didn’t understand what does this sentence/word means i also didn’t know what is the meaning of nda
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How are made up words for anime/manga formed (reading and kanji)?
EDIT: Eiríkr Útlendi has answered my question mostly in regards to readings. What remains is how kanji are chosen for their meanings and why certain words are selected over others e.g. 実 versus 果実. ...
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Why is the Kanji 「太」read 「ふとし]?
I found this one from a title of a manga チャンピオン太
As my understanding, it should be read just as「ふと」.
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The meaning of この+own personal name
One of the villains of ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, Dio, frequently refers to himself as「このディオ」 (to the point it became a meme).
What's the meaning of this grammar: この+own personal name? Is it just emphasis? Or are ...
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Meaning of ハートしている
In a boxing match, a trainer is telling a boxer to stay away from the opponent and wait the end of the round to recover, but he doesn't listen to him. Then the trainer says this sentence:
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Usage and meaning : 寝ろ vs 寝てろ?
I am on page 32, Ch.82 of よつばと！
Source : http://raw.senmanga.com/Yotsubato!/82/32
My translation of the highlighted text bubble is,
Now, sleep quietly okay.
But I am confused as to why 寝てろ is ...
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What does 「きみをしたって きたというが」 mean?
I have found it in a manga in a situation that there is a news reporter asking the following sentence to a boy whom the reporter thought that he is living in a ruin building with a group of little ...
