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J-drama

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A Japanese television drama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of J-drama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, uncountable

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History

Etymology

From J- (“Japanese”) + drama.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 日本電視劇 /日本电视剧 (Rìběn diànshìjù) — Japanese TV drama
  • Chinese Mandarin: 日劇 /日剧 (rìjù) — Japanese TV drama
  • Finnish: japanilainen TV-draama — Japanese TV drama
  • French: drama — Japanese TV drama
  • Indonesian: dorama — Japanese TV drama
  • Indonesian: drajep — Japanese TV drama
  • Japanese: ドラマ (dorama) — Japanese TV drama
  • Japanese: テレビドラマ (terebi dorama) — Japanese TV drama
  • Japanese: 日本ドラマ — Japanese TV drama
  • Korean: 일본 드라마 (ilbon deurama) — Japanese TV drama
  • Korean: 일드 (ildeu) — Japanese TV drama
  • Portuguese: dorama — Japanese TV drama
  • Russian: дора́ма (doráma) — Japanese TV drama
  • Russian: япо́нский сериа́л (japónskij seriál) — Japanese TV drama
  • Russian: япо́нская дра́ма (japónskaja dráma) — Japanese TV drama
  • Spanish: dorama — Japanese TV drama