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漫画本 (まんがぼん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

漫まん画が本ぼん

also: まんがほん

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Meanings

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noun

comic book; manga volume

Refers to a bound volume of manga, as opposed to a magazine or digital format.

新あたらしい漫まん画が本ぼんを買かった。
I bought a new comic book.
彼かれは漫まん画が本ぼんを集あつめるのが趣しゅ味みだ。
His hobby is collecting manga volumes.

Written forms

漫画本
- まんがぼん
  Standard kanji spelling for a comic book.
- まんがほん
  irregular kana usage
まんがほん
irregular kana usage
Irregular kana usage; rarely encountered and not standard.

Kanji

漫cartoon, involuntarily, unrestrained

画brush-stroke, picture

本book, present, main

Similar words

漫まん画が
漫画 is the general term for manga as a medium or genre, while 漫画本 specifically refers to a physical book or volume.
コミック
コミック is a loanword often used for Western-style comic books or as a broader category, whereas 漫画本 is more specifically Japanese manga in book form.

Etymology

Compound of 漫画 (manga) and 本 (book). The reading まんがぼん is standard, while まんがほん is an irregular variant.