ドキュメンタリー

also: ドキュメンタリ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

A non-fiction film or television program presenting facts about a subject. Used as a noun, often in compounds like ドキュメンタリー番組.

〈事こと〉についてのドキュメンタリーa documentary about ~
気き候こう変へん動どうについてのドキュメンタリーを見みた。
I watched a documentary about climate change.
ドキュメンタリーを撮とるto shoot/make a documentary
彼かれは難なん民みんキャンプでドキュメンタリーを撮とった。
He shot a documentary at a refugee camp.
ドキュメンタリーが放ほう送そうされるa documentary is broadcast
そのドキュメンタリーは深しん夜やに放ほう送そうされた。
That documentary was broadcast late at night.

記き録ろく映えい画が
記録映画 is a formal, traditional Japanese term for a documentary film, while ドキュメンタリー is the common English loanword used in everyday and broadcast contexts.
ノンフィクションN1
ノンフィクション refers broadly to non-fiction writing or works in general, while ドキュメンタリー specifically means a non-fiction film or TV program.
ドキュメントN1
ドキュメンタリー specifically means a documentary film or program, while ドキュメント can also mean a written document or file.
ルポルタージュ
ドキュメンタリー usually refers to a film or TV documentary, whereas ルポルタージュ covers both written and filmed documentary-style journalism with a literary nuance.
実じつ録ろく
ドキュメンタリー specifically means a documentary film or program, while 実録 is broader and can describe written accounts as well as visual ones.

フィクションN1
フィクション is invented, fictional content, the opposite of ドキュメンタリー's fact-based, real-life presentation.

ドラマN4
ドラマ is a scripted, usually fictional TV show, whereas ドキュメンタリー presents real facts and events without a written plot.

ドキュメンタリーUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'documentary'.
ドキュメンタリ
Alternate spelling without the long vowel; less common but encountered.

Borrowed from English 'documentary'.