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dorama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
do-ra-ma
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Japanese TV drama.

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek δράω (dráō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek δρᾶμᾰ (drâmă)bor. Late Latin drāmabor. English dramabor. Japanese ドラマ (dorama)bor. English dorama From Japanese ドラマ (dorama), from English drama.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

doramas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

animanga anime dojin dojinshi doujin doujinshi Japanimation J-film

Synonyms

J-drama

Questions

What does dorama mean?
Japanese TV drama.
Where does dorama come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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