Context: Cross-cultural study of comics is complicated by the great difference in meaning and scope of the words for "comics" in different languages. The French term for comics, bandes dessinées ("drawn strip") emphasizes the juxtaposition of drawn images as a defining factor, which can imply the exclusion of even photographic comics. The term manga is used in Japanese to indicate all forms of comics, cartooning, and caricature.

Question: What word is used in France for comics?
Answer: bandes dessinées

Question: What word is used in Japan for comics?
Answer: manga

Question: What does bandes dessinées mean?
Answer: drawn strip

Question: What is the definitive factor of bandes dessinées?
Answer: drawn images

Question: What word is rejected in France for comics?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What word is used in France for comedies?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What word isn't used in Japan for comics?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What doesn't bandes dessinées mean?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is the non-definitive factor of bandes dessinées?
Answer: Unanswerable