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ドラマ (dorama) Japanese meaning: TV drama | Kotomora

ドラマ

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Common word›JLPTN4›Freq.FrequencyTop 1,000

Meanings

1

TV drama; television series

abbreviation

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

See also: テレビドラマ

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Which is the most interesting TV drama this season?

彼かの女じょは毎まい週しゅう、新あたらしいドラマを楽たのしみにしている。

She looks forward to the new TV series every week.

2

drama; dramatic event; spectacle

Used for real-life situations that are emotionally charged, sensational, or like a play. Often carries a nuance of exaggeration or theatricality.

彼かれの人じん生せいはまさにドラマだ。
His life is truly a drama.
あの家か族ぞくにはいつもドラマがある。
There's always some drama with that family.

Usage patterns

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.

Related words

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.

Don't confuse with

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.

Counted with

話わ
TV dramas are usually counted by episode using 話 (話, わ), as in 1話, 2話.

Word family· 27

大たい河がドラマ
Taiga drama; NHK annual historical drama series
ドラマチック
dramatic
メロドラマ
melodrama; soap opera
ラジオドラマ
radio drama

Etymology

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.

ホームドラマ

family-centered TV drama; soap opera

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ドラマ化か
dramatization; turning into a TV drama
帯おびドラマ
serial drama broadcast in a fixed daily/weekly time slot
昼ひるドラマ
daytime TV drama; soap opera
モノドラマ
monodrama
人にん間げんドラマ
human drama
再さい現げんドラマ
dramatic reenactment; docudrama segment
刑けい事じドラマ
police drama; detective drama
恋れん愛あいドラマ
romance drama; romantic TV series
連れん続ぞくドラマ
drama serial; TV drama series
韓流はんりゅうドラマ
Korean drama; K-drama

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