漫画

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 漫画 (まんが) is a noun for comics, a narrative form combining sequential images, panels, and text.
• Basic usage: 借りた漫画を読む makes a library comic the reading object, while 描いた漫画を見せる makes a self-created work what is shown to a friend.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading as audience and drawing as creator
  • 漫画を読む consumes a completed work, whereas 漫画を描く creates its images and story. One illustration alone is not automatically a comic.