ソープオペラ

noun

soap opera

A television or radio drama series dealing with sentimental or melodramatic situations, typically broadcast during the daytime.

• 母ははは毎まい日にち午ご後ごにソープオペラを見みている。

  My mother watches soap operas every afternoon.

• あのソープオペラはもう十じゅう年ねんも続つづいている。

  That soap opera has been running for ten years.