コマ

See also: こま

Japanese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coma.

Pronunciation

Noun

コマ • (koma

  1. (astronomy) coma, a cloud of dust around the nucleus of a comet
  2. (optics) coma, comatic aberration

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of コマ – see the following entries.
こまH
[noun] (film, animation, manga) a frame or panel of a comic or film
[noun] (film, theater) an act or scene of a play or movie
[noun] (music) a phrase or portion of a piece of music
こまS
[noun] (rare) foal, young horse (or generally) horse
[noun] (shogi, chess) piece, man
[noun] someone controlled by another: a pawn, a puppet
[noun] (music) bridge (the piece, on string instruments, that supports the strings from the sounding board)
(This term, コマ (koma), is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)