Manga are Japanese comic books and long picture-stories. In Japan they are not only for children. There is manga for teenagers and for adults too, about school, romance, sport, work, history, horror, and jokes, not only fights and heroes.

Manga are Manga是 Japanese comic books and long picture-stories 日本的漫畫書和長篇圖畫故事。In Japan they are not only for children 在日本，manga不是只給小孩看的：There is manga for teenagers and for adults too 也有給青少年看的、給大人看的manga，about school, romance, sport, work, history, horror, and jokes 內容有校園、愛情、運動、職場、歷史、恐怖、搞笑，not only fights and heroes 不是只有打鬥和英雄。

You usually read the pictures from right to left, the same way as Japanese writing. That feels backwards at first if you grew up with English books. Faces often have very large eyes; that is a common style, not a rule for every artist.

You usually read the pictures from right to left 通常是從右往左讀，the same way as Japanese writing 跟日文書寫方向一樣。That feels backwards at first 一開始會覺得反過來很奇怪 if you grew up with English books 如果你是看英文書長大的。Faces often have very large eyes 人物的臉常常有很大的眼睛；that is a common style, not a rule for every artist 這是常見的畫風，不是每個作者都要遵守的規則。

English kept the Japanese word. It is widely used now, especially by younger readers, and it does not sound childish in the way “comics” sometimes can.

English kept the Japanese word 英文直接保留了這個日文字。It is widely used now 現在這個字用得很廣，especially by younger readers 尤其是年輕的讀者，and it does not sound childish in the way "comics" sometimes can 而且不會像「comics」有時候那樣聽起來幼稚。

People sometimes stretch manga to cover the films and series that grow out of the books; the stricter word for those moving pictures is anime.

People sometimes stretch manga 大家有時候會把manga這個字延伸 to cover the films and series that grow out of the books 用來指從漫畫延伸出來的電影和影集；the stricter word for those moving pictures is anime 但比較嚴格的說法，那些動畫作品應該叫anime。

Chinese comics and Korean comics are cousins, not the same thing.

Chinese comics and Korean comics are cousins 中文漫畫和韓國漫畫是它的近親，not the same thing 但不是同一種東西。