ドラマ

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

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abbreviation

Abbreviation of テレビドラマ. Refers specifically to scripted, non-documentary TV series, including both serious dramas and lighter shows.

ドラマを見みるto watch a drama (TV series)
毎まい晩ばん、韓かん国こくのドラマを見みている。
I watch a Korean drama every night.
まるでドラマのようだto be just like something out of a drama
二人ふたりの再さい会かいはまるでドラマのようだった。
Their reunion was just like something out of a drama.
ドラマに出でるto appear in a drama
彼かの女じょは来らい年ねんのドラマに出でるそうだ。
I heard she's going to appear in a drama next year.
ドラマが放ほう送そうされるfor a drama to be broadcast
そのドラマは毎まい週しゅう金きん曜よう日びに放ほう送そうされる。
That drama is broadcast every Friday.

テレビドラマ sense 1
テレビドラマ is the full, unabbreviated form, while ドラマ is the everyday shortened word used in casual speech.
番ばん組ぐみN5sense 1
番組 is the broad word for any TV program (news, variety, etc.), while ドラマ refers specifically to scripted story-based shows.
劇げきN3sense 1
劇 usually means a stage play performed live, whereas ドラマ is typically broadcast on TV.
メロドラマ
メロドラマ specifically means an overly emotional, sensational drama (like a soap opera), while ドラマ is the neutral general term for any TV or theatrical drama.
朝あさドラ
ドラマ is the general word for any TV drama series, whereas 朝ドラ specifically refers to the morning serial slot, usually the NHK one.

映えい画がN5sense 1
映画 means a movie shown in theaters, while ドラマ refers to a TV series, so English speakers may wrongly use ドラマ for a film genre.
ドキュメンタリーN1
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.

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Loanword from English 'drama', borrowed into Japanese as ドラマ. The TV series sense is a clipping of テレビドラマ.