大河ドラマ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
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Etymology

From English drama with nonce word 大河 (taiga, superficially “great river”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ta̠iɡa̠ do̞ɾa̠ma̠]

Proper noun

(たい)()ドラマ • (Taiga dorama

  1. (television) a period drama, historical drama series; (especially) year-long series broadcast on NHK on Sunday evenings
    • 1987 May 7, “Kokugakuin-dai meiyo-kyōju, sengoku shika Kuwada Tadachika-shi shikyo [Kokugakuin University emeritus professor, warring-states historian Kuwada Tadachika dead]”, in Chunichi Shimbun, page 23:
      著書(ちょしょ)には「豊臣秀吉研究(とよとみひでよしけんきゅう)」「千利休研究(せんのりきゅうけんきゅう)」などがある。NHKの大河(たいが)ドラマ太閤記(たいこうき)」「(てん)()と」などの監修(かんしゅう)時代考証(じだいこうしょう)など幅広(はばひろ)活躍(かつやく)をした。
      Chosho ni wa “Toyotomi Hideyoshi kenkyū”“Sen no Rikyū kenkyū” nado ga aru. NHK no Taiga dorama “Taikōki” “Ten to Chi to” nado no kanshū, jidai kōshō nado habahiroi katsuyaku o shita.
      Publications include “Toyotomi Hideyoshi studies”, “Sen no Rikyu studies” and others. His extensive contributions include serving as historical supervisor on NHK Taiga Dramas “Taikōki” and “Ten to Chi to” among others.
    • 2025 June 11, “Kyōto-shi no nijuyon-nen gaigokujin kankōkyaku, shi no sen-man nin chō [Kyoto foreign tourists top 10 million for the first time in ’24]”, in Nikkei Sokuhō News:
      宇治市(うじし)(ふく)む「お(ちゃ)京都(きょうと)エリア」ではNHK大河(たいが)ドラマ(ひか)(きみ)へ」ゆかりの()として注目(ちゅうもく)されたことなどから22%()えたほか、府内全域(ふないぜんいき)でプラスとなった。
      Uji-shi o fukumu “ocha no Kyōto eria” de wa NHK Taiga dorama “Hikaru Kimi e” yukari no chi to shite chūmoku sareta koto nado kara 22% fueta hoka, funai zen'iki de purasu to natta.
      The “Kyoto tea area”, which includes the city of Uji, has seen a 22% increase due to greater attention as the setting for the NHK Taiga drama “Hikaru Kimi e”, contributing to an increase throughout the prefecture.

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