Vol. 09 · Loanwords ·Japanese ·1980s
Manga
from manga
- Meaning
- Literally "whimsical pictures" (漫画) — Japanese comic books.
- Source word
- manga
- Route into English
- Japanese → English via 1980s–90s anime/manga import scenes (Viz Media, Tokyopop). Earlier uses in academic writing on Hokusai's *Hokusai Manga* sketchbooks (1814).
- Arrived
- 1980s
From Japanese
Two waves — Meiji-era diplomatic contact (1850s–1900s) and post-war US military presence (1945–) account for almost all Japanese loans in general English.
English borrows.
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