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Frequency: 1408
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

cartoon
involuntarily
unrestrained
in spite of oneself
corrupt

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
マン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
みだり.に
そぞ.ろ

Common Words

んが
マンガ
Noun
Freq #3667
1

cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga

Examples
僕の趣味は漫画を読む事です。
My hobby is reading comics.
んまん
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #13725
1

slow; sluggish; dull; slack; inactive

Examples
コンピューターは、たとえ緩慢にせよ大きな変化を引き起こした。
Computers caused a great, if gradual, change.
2

lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

マンガ家
まんが家
んがか (漫画家/まんが家)
マンガか (マンガ家)
Noun
Freq #19578
1

cartoonist; comic book artist; manga artist; manga author; mangaka

Examples
1906年のある日、タッド・ドーガンという名の新聞漫画家が野球の試合を見に行った。
One day in 1906, a newspaper cartoonist named Tad Dorgan went to a baseball game.
んざ
万才
Noun
Freq #21106
1

manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act, usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit

んしんらんまん
~な Adj.
Noun
四字熟語
Freq #23124
1

innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike

Examples
天真爛漫なところが彼の唯一の取り柄だな。
Naivete is his only merit.
んぜん
~と Adverb
Freq #25832
1

'taru' adjective

aimless; rambling; desultory; casual

妄りに
濫りに
猥りに
漫りに
乱りに
Adverb
Usually kana
Freq #28084
1

without authority

2

without reason; unnecessarily

3

recklessly; indiscriminately; arbitrarily

んまん
~な Adj.
Noun
Freq #29654
1

vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse; scattered

Examples
寝不足だと注意が散漫になりがちです。
When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.
漫ろ
ずろ
すぞろ
Usually kana
Freq #38175
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted

2

Adverb (fukushi); Of an emotional or psychological state

for some reason

浪漫
ローマン
うまん
浪曼
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #40313
1

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale

2

(nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; great undertaking; epic adventure

3

(full-length) novel

4

romance; love affair

5

romanticism

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