cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
naivete; simplicity; innocence
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
erotic manga; pornographic manga
society for the study of manga; manga club
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
chat; desultory conversation
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
manga cafe; coffee shop with a manga library (usu. has Internet facilities and charges by the hour)
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
whimsy; looseness; indiscretion; laxity
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
romantic school; romanticism
tour round the country (Japan) (visiting from province to province)
society for the study of manga; manga club
rambling; sauntering; strolling
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
rapid-fire comic dialogue
spread; pervasion; permeation
spring in full bloom; spring at its height
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
feeling restless; feeling nervous; fidgety; distracted
cylindrical slab of meat on a single bone (oft. depicted in manga, anime, etc.); cartoon meat
signs, symbols and characters used in manga to represent actions, emotions, etc.
irresponsible management; loose management; sloppy management
selfish; with disregard for order or rules; reckless; rash; loose; bawdy
animated TV show; cartoon
manzai based on comic dialogue (as opposed to a skit)
random jottings; rambling essays
saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk
spread; pervasion; permeation
slow, relaxed walk; stroll
brother; lay brother; non-ordained member of a Christian religious order
in spite of oneself; somehow; without knowing why; vaguely
manzai (comic dialogue) accompanied by music
rambling talk; vague remarks
romantic thought; philosophy of romance
serial cartoon; serial comic; serial comic strip
comic font; rounded handwriting
neo-romanticism; neoromanticism