宿しゅく題だい

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Meanings

1

homework; assignment

Schoolwork assigned to be done outside of class.

今日きょうの宿しゅく題だいは数すう学がくの問もん題だい集しゅうの20ページです。
Today's homework is page 20 of the math workbook.
宿しゅく題だいを忘わすれたので、先せん生せいに叱しかられた。
I forgot my homework and got scolded by the teacher.

2

pending issue; unresolved problem; open question

A matter that remains to be addressed or solved; often used in business, politics, or personal contexts.

その問もん題だいは来らい週しゅうの会かい議ぎまでの宿しゅく題だいにしましょう。
Let's make that issue a pending task for next week's meeting.
環かん境きょう対たい策さくは政せい府ふにとって大おおきな宿しゅく題だいだ。
Environmental measures are a major unresolved problem for the government.

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Usage patterns· 7

〈事こと〉を宿しゅく題だいとして残のこすto leave a matter as an unresolved issue
その問もん題だいは次じ回かいへの宿しゅく題だいとして残のこされた。
That problem was left as an issue for next time.
〈人ひと〉に宿しゅく題だいを出だすfor a teacher to assign homework to someone
先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちに宿しゅく題だいを出だした。
The teacher gave the students homework.
宿しゅく題だいを提てい出しゅつするto submit homework
月げつ曜ようまでに宿しゅく題だいを提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit your homework by Monday.
宿しゅく題だいを解かい決けつするto resolve a pending issue
経けい営えい陣じんはこの宿しゅく題だいを解かい決けつしなければならない。
Management must resolve this pending issue.
宿しゅく題だいを忘わすれるto forget to do (or bring) one's homework
また宿しゅく題だいを忘わすれてしまった。
I forgot to do my homework again.

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宿しゅく題だいを済すませるto finish up one's homework
夕ゆう食しょくの前まえに宿しゅく題だいを済すませた。
I finished my homework before dinner.
宿しゅく題だいに追おわれるto be swamped with homework
テスト前まえは宿しゅく題だいに追おわれている。
I'm swamped with homework before the test.

Kanji

宿inn, lodging, relay station
題topic, subject

Related words

課か題だいN2sense 1
課題 is a broader word for any assigned task or theme, while 宿題 specifically means work assigned to be done at home, often for school.
懸けん案あん sense 2
懸案 is a formal term for a long-pending issue, whereas 宿題 in this sense is a more casual, everyday way to describe an unresolved matter.

Don't confuse with

宿やどN3
宿題 (homework) shares the kanji 宿 with 宿 (lodging) but has an unrelated meaning and a different reading, so learners should not assume a connection.

Counted with

題だいN3
title; subject; theme; topic · problem; question · counter for questions

Etymology

Compound of 宿 (lodging, staying) and 題 (topic, problem), literally 'a problem to take home'. The extended sense of a pending issue is a metaphorical extension of the schoolwork meaning.