A fashion editor learns that defining words takes longer than defining herself — and that's the point.
Season 1 • Episode 10
LatestKishibe Midori (Ikeda Elaiza), an editor for a popular fashion magazine, finds herself transferring to the lexicography division following the magazine's discontinuation. The place is filled with a group of quirky characters, led by Majime Mitsuya (Noda Yojiro), a boss with a shaggy hair who is extremely serious. While being tossed about by them, Midori is influenced by their patience and passion for making a dictionary which takes over a decade, and she gradually immerses herself in the work. This drama depicts their struggles in creating and finalizing the dictionary, "The Great Passage."
Acting
Noda Yojiro's Majime — all awkward intensity and accidental warmth.
Writing
Makes lexicography genuinely gripping. Who allowed this?
Production
The dictionary office feels lived-in, cluttered, quietly magical.
Creator
Naomi Hiruta
Elaiza Ikeda
Kishibe Midori
Yojiro Noda
Majime Mitsuya
Osamu Mukai
Masashi Nishioka
Kyôhei Shibata
Matsumoto Tomosuke
Yuma Yamoto
Miyamoto Shinichiro
Mimura
Umajime Kaguya
Makiko Watanabe
Sasaki Kaoru
Oshirō Maeda
Tendo Mitsuru
Ryo Iwamatsu
Araki Kohei
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Machiko Washio
Masanobu Katsumura
Yōko Moriguchi
Ayumi Ito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a 2011 novel by Shion Miura, previously adapted as an anime and live-action film — this is the first series version.
The fictional 'Daitokai' dictionary mirrors real Japanese lexicography projects like the Daijisen, which took 18 years to complete.
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