Summary of Episode 5 of the TV drama "The Great The Great Passage "

The fifth episode of the drama series " The Great Passage ~ Watashi, Jisho Tsukurimasu ~" (NHK General TV, Tuesdays at 10pm), starring actress Elaiza Ikeda and Yojiro Noda of the rock band "RADWIMPS", will be broadcast on July 15th. Midori (Ikeda) participates in an event for "dictionary study", the life's work of Mr. Matsumoto (Kyōhei Shibata), along with Majime (Noda) and others. She is put through hellish, intense training by the extremely motivated Tendo (Oshiro Maeda).

After the event, a boy who had been participating suddenly comes to the dictionary editorial department. Meanwhile, Midori reunites with her mother Wakaba (Moriguchi Yoko) and sister Satsuki (Kanazawa Miho), who have come to Tokyo, for the first time in a long time, but there is still some lingering resentment between mother and daughter...

The drama is based on Shion Miura's bestselling novel, and depicts the passion of people working on dictionaries from the perspective of Midori Kishibe, a young editorial staff member who has been transferred to the dictionary editorial department. Noda plays the protagonist of the novel, Mitsuya Majime, the head of the dictionary editorial department who is an extremely earnest person. The drama has been broadcast on terrestrial TV since June 17th in the "Drama 10" slot.