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見出し (みだし, midashi) Japanese meaning: heading | Kotomora

見み出だし

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Common word›JLPTN2›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

heading; headline; title; caption

General term for a title or heading in newspapers, articles, books, tables, or documents.

新しん聞

ぶん

の

見み

出だ

し

を

読よ

む

だけ

で

、

だいたい

の

内ない

容よう

が

わかる

。

Just by reading the newspaper headlines, you can get the gist of the content.

レポートの各かく章しょうに見み出だしを付つけてください。

Please add headings to each chapter of the report.

noun

index; table of contents entry

Used for an entry in an index or table of contents, often listing topics or terms with page references.

巻かん末まつの見み出だしから調しらべたい項こう目もくを探さがす。
I look up the item I want to check from the index at the end of the book.

noun

headword; lemma

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 見出し語; used in dictionaries and glossaries for the main entry word.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉に見み出だしをつけるto give something a heading/headline
記き事じに分わかりやすい見み出だしをつけた。
I gave the article an easy-to-understand headline.
見み出だしで〈物もの〉を探さがすto look something up by its index entry/heading
見み出だしで必ひつ要ような項こう目もくを探さがした。
I looked for the item I needed using the index entries.
見み出だしに〈事こと〉と書かくto write something as the heading
見み出だしに「新しん製せい品ひん発はつ売ばい」と書かいた。
I wrote 'New Product Launch' as the headline.

Kanji

見see, hopes, chances
出exit, leave, go out

Related words· 6

見み出だし語ご sense 3
見出し語 is the full technical term for a dictionary headword, while 見出し is the common abbreviation used in the same sense.
表ひょう題だい sense 1
表題 is a formal word for the title of a book or document, whereas 見出し is broader and also covers newspaper headlines and section headings.
タイトルN2sense 1
タイトル is a loanword often used for the title of creative works like movies or books, while 見出し is used for informational headings in articles and documents.
ヘディング
見出し is the everyday Japanese word for a heading or title of a document or article, while ヘディング in this sense is a less common loanword equivalent.

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題だい名めいN2
見出し refers to a heading or caption within a text, such as a newspaper section, whereas 題名 refers to the overall title of the whole work.
キャプション
見出し is a headline or heading for a piece of text, whereas キャプション specifically labels an accompanying photo, illustration, or diagram.

Don't confuse with

目もく次じN2sense 2
目次 refers to the whole table of contents, while 見出し refers to an individual heading or entry within it.
副ふく題だい
見出し is a heading used to introduce a section or article (like a newspaper headline), whereas 副題 is specifically a secondary title attached to a main title.
見出みいだすN1
見出し is a noun meaning 'heading' or 'headline' derived from the same root, and is easily confused with the verb 見出す, which means to discover or select.

Word family· 17

小こ見み出だし
subheading; subtitle
列れつ見み出だし
column heading
副ふく見み出だし
subheading; subhead; subtitle
大おお見み出

Etymology

The noun is derived from 見出す, “to find, pick out, or bring into view.” Its publishing sense arose for text made prominent as a heading or title.

だ

し

banner headline; large headline

子こ見み出だし

subentry; sub-headword

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表ひょう見み出だし
table heading
見み出だし語ご
headword; entry word
親おや見み出だし
main entry (in a dictionary)
つめ見み出だし
thumb index
二に段だん見み出だし
two-line heading
節せつの見み出だし
section header

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