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ドラマ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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

First cited to 1879.[3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ドラマ (dorama

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

Descendants

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  • English: dorama
  • Indonesian: dorama

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ ドラマ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 ドラマ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN