Japanese

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Etymology

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Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from television +‎ drama, テレビ (terebi, television) + ドラマ (dorama, drama).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) レビドラマ [tèrébí dóꜜràmà] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ɾe̞bʲi do̞ɾa̠ma̠]

Noun

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テレビドラマ (terebi dorama

  1. TV drama, series, dorama (Japanese TV drama)

References

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  1. ^ 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