昼ひる帯おび

noun

daytime soap opera; daytime drama series

Refers to a serialized TV drama broadcast in the early afternoon time slot. The term is a contraction of 昼間の帯ドラマ (daytime strip drama).

See also: 昼メロ · 帯ドラマ

• 母ははは毎まい日にち、昼ひる帯おびを楽たのしみにしている。

  My mother looks forward to the daytime soap opera every day.

• あの昼ひる帯おびはもう十じゅう年ねんも続つづいている長ちょう寿じゅ番ばん組ぐみだ。

  That daytime drama is a long-running show that has been on for ten years.