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Manga

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels
1
Stage 1 of 2
manga
Japanese · 1800s
"whimsical or impromptu pictures"
literally "whimsical pictures", coined by artist Hokusai
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Stage 2 of 2
manga
English · 1980s-1990s
"Japanese comic books"
adopted to describe Japanese comic books and graphic novels
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