本ほん題だい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

main topic; main subject; main issue; main question

Refers to the central theme or point of a discussion, meeting, or piece of writing. Often used when moving from preliminaries to the core matter.

Let's stop the preliminaries and get to the main topic.

彼かれの話はなしはいつも本ほん題だいからそれてしまう。

His talk always strays from the main subject.

2

this subject; the matter at hand

Used to refer back to the current topic under discussion, often in formal or written contexts. Less common than sense 1.

本ほん題だいから外はずれるto stray from the main topic
話はなしが本ほん題だいから外はずれてしまった。
The conversation strayed from the main topic.
本ほん題だいに戻もどるto get back to the main topic
そろそろ本ほん題だいに戻もどりましょう。
Let's get back to the main topic now.
本ほん題だいを切きり出だすto bring up the main topic
彼かれは緊きん張ちょうしながら本ほん題だいを切きり出だした。
He nervously brought up the main topic.

本ほん題だいに入はいるget to the main subject; move on to the main topic; get down to business

主しゅ題だいN1sense 1
主題 is a broader term for the theme of a work of art, literature, or study, while 本題 specifically means the main topic of a discussion or meeting.
本ほん論ろん sense 1
本論 refers to the main body or argument of a text or speech, whereas 本題 is simply the main topic being discussed.
議ぎ題だいN1sense 1
議題 is the specific agenda item set for a meeting, while 本題 is the central topic that a conversation naturally arrives at or should focus on.

余よ談だんN1sense 1
余談 is a digression or side story, the opposite of 本題, which is the main point one should be discussing.
前まえ置おきN1
本題 is the main topic itself, the opposite of the 前置き that comes before it.

話わ題だいN3sense 1
話題 is any topic currently being talked about, while 本題 specifically means the central, essential topic as opposed to tangents or preliminaries.

Compound of 本 (ほん, 'main') and 題 (だい, 'topic'). The reading is standard on'yomi.