ホームドラマ

noun

family-centered TV drama; soap opera

A wasei-eigo term for a television drama series focusing on family life and domestic relationships, similar to a soap opera or family sitcom.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from home drama

• このホームドラマは、三さん世せ代だい家か族ぞくの日にち常じょうを描えがいている。

  This family drama depicts the daily life of a three-generation family.

• 昔むかしながらのホームドラマが好すきで、よく再さい放ほう送そうを見みています。

  I like old-fashioned family dramas and often watch reruns.