Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gekiga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: geki-ga
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A genre of manga aimed at adults popular in the 60s and 70s.

Uncountable

Etymology

Japanese 劇画.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 劇画

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gekiga mean?: A genre of manga aimed at adults popular in the 60s and 70s.
Where does gekiga come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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