How to say "exercises" in Japanese

• 練習問題れんしゅうもんだい
  nounRefers to exercises as practice problems — questions set in a textbook or workbook to work through for study. Use it for academic drills, not for the ceremony sense of the word.
  英作文えいさくぶんの練習問題れんしゅうもんだいをしなさい。↗

  Do a composition exercise, please.
• 応用問題おうようもんだい
  nounAn applied question — an exercise that tests the ability to apply theoretical knowledge, rather than a plain practice drill. Choose it when the exercises call for putting learned theory to work.
• 栄典えいてん
  nounThis is the ceremony sense: 'exercises' as a formal event with honours, as in graduation exercises. It has nothing to do with practice problems, so it is only the word for that ceremonial meaning.

Choose 練習問題 for practice drills in study materials, 応用問題 for questions that test applying learned knowledge, and 栄典 for the ceremony sense of 'exercises', as in graduation exercises; all three are relatively uncommon words.

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• 練習問題れんしゅうもんだいexercises
• 応用問題おうようもんだいapplied question
• 栄典えいてんhonours