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Kotomora

題

topic, subject

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 3FrequencyTop 100Strokes18

Readings

On'yomi

  • ダイ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

題 centers on a heading or subject that sets the focus: a topic for discussion or a subject to be addressed.

Most common words using 題

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  • 問題もんだい
    N5

    question (e.g. on a test); problem

  • 話題わだい
    N3

    topic; subject

  • 放題ほうだい

    (doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

  • 課題かだい
    N2

    subject; theme; issue; matter

  • 題だい
    N3

    title; subject; theme; topic

  • 宿題しゅくだい
    N5

    homework; assignment

  • 題材だいざい

    subject; theme

  • 題名だいめい
    N2

    title; caption; heading

  • 題するだいする

    to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named

  • 出題しゅつだい
    N1

    setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.)

  • 主題しゅだい
    N1

    subject; theme; motif

  • 表題ひょうだい

    title; index; heading; headline; caption

  • 議題ぎだい
    N1

    topic of discussion; agenda

  • 本題ほんだい

    main topic; main subject; main issue; main question

  • 命題めいだい

    proposition; thesis; notion; theory

  • 難題なんだい

    difficult problem; challenge

  • 副題ふくだい

    subtitle; subheading

  • 例題れいだい
    N1

    example; exercise (for the reader)

  • 仮題かだい

    tentative title

  • 題字だいじ

    title lettering

  • 問題点もんだいてん

    the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

  • 社会問題しゃかいもんだい

    social problem

  • 問題意識もんだいいしき

    awareness of the issues; (having a) critical mind; concerns

  • 南北問題なんぼくもんだい

    North-South problem

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Etymology

題 combines 是 (straight, correct) with 頁 (head), originally referring to the forehead or front, and later extended to mean a heading or topic.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side 頁 means head, and the right side 是 suggests something straight or correct. Imagine a headline written straight across the top of a page—the head of the text—setting the topic.

Reading mnemonic

For ダイ, picture a die with a topic written on each face: die -> ダイ, and you roll it to pick the subject.