ドラマ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English drama.[1][2][3]

First cited to 1879.[3]

Pronunciation

Noun

ドラマ • (dorama) 

  1. [from 1879] drama
  2. [from 1901] TV drama, series
    ドラマのような恋(こい)
    dorama no yō na koi
    a romance like those on TV
    (literally, “love like a TV drama”)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. “ドラマ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. “ドラマ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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