How to say "heading" in Japanese

• 項目こうもくJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'heading' as the label of an item or entry — a line in a list, form, or questionnaire; the focus is on the discrete item rather than on a section of prose.
  これは何なんの項目こうもくに入はいるか。↗

  What heading does this come under?
• 見出しみだしJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe word for the heading of a section, article, or document, and for a newspaper headline; when 'heading' refers to text layout or writing, this is the one to reach for.
• 部類ぶるいCommon
  nounReally means a class, kind, or category — one of several broad groups things fall into. It is seldom the word you want for 'heading'; use it for classification, not for titles or labels.
• 方位ほういCommon
  nounThe navigational sense: the direction a ship or aircraft is heading, given as a compass bearing or point of the compass; it has nothing to do with headings in documents.
• 題名だいめいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe title of a work — a book, film, song, or picture. Its 'heading' sense is marginal: choose it when you mean the name of a piece, not a heading within a text.
  その小説しょうせつは聖書せいしょから題名だいめいをとっている。↗

  The novel takes its title from the Bible.

Use 「見出し」 for headings in texts and documents, 項目 for item or entry labels in lists and forms, and 題名 for a work's title; 部類 really means class or category, while 方位 is the navigational heading.

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• 項目こうもくitem
• 見出しみだしheading
• 部類ぶるいclass
• 方位ほういbearing
• 題名だいめいtitle
• ヘディングheading (of a document, article, etc.)
• 表題ひょうだいtitle
• 題目だいもくtitle
• 款かんtitle
• 頭書とうしょheadnote
• 科目かもくitem
• 部ぶcategory