manga
noun
a Japanese graphic novel, typically intended for adults, characterized by highly stylized art.
mangas
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pluralof manga.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The same would later be true with automobiles, gadgetry and — for fans of “Demon Slayer,” “One Piece” and other mangas — cartoons, to name just those few.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 7, 2021
Japan discovered its first element, nihonium, No. 113, in 2004, and Chapman reports that Japanese children read mangas dramatizing the work of the country’s top nuclear physicist, Kosuke Morita.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2019
On their heads are sombreros of ample brim; wide trousers—cahoneras—flap loose around their ankles; while over their shoulders they carry cloaks, which, by the peculiar drape, are recognisable as Mexican mangas.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid
As for us, we also rolled ourselves in our mangas, and lay down in our barn, but passed a miserable night.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
We have ordered mangas to wear in our intended journey, which is now nearly decided on—nothing tolerable to be had under seventy or eighty dollars.
From Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca
