Japanese word

エピソード

Pronunciation

Romajiepisōdo

好きな番組の新しいエピソードを見ました。su ki na ban gumi no atara shi i e pi sō do o mi ma shi ta

I watched a new episode of my favorite show.

次のエピソードは来週配信されます。tsugi no e pi sō do wa rai shū hai shin sa re ma su

The next episode will be released next week.

Presents a separate event or story as one connected unit within a larger narrative or experience.

回kai: One installment of a television or radio series.
一話ichihanashi: One separate story or part of a continuing narrative.

物語や連続番組の一回分、または一つの出来事を取り出して語った話。monogatari ya ren zoku ban gumi no ichi kai bun ma ta wa hito tsu no de ki goto o to ri da shi te kata tta hanashi

The Japanese loanword エピソード (episōdo) comes from English episode, ultimately from Greek epeisodion, "an inserted part."

Episode can describe a brief period of a situation, as in "an episode of confusion," which gives the word a wider use than television programs alone.