How to say "headline" in Japanese

• 見出しみだしJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers the headline of a newspaper or magazine article, and headings generally. This is the usual word when you mean 'headline' in the news sense, and it also covers headings and titles in texts.
• キャプションCommon
  nounReally means a caption — explanatory text under a photo or illustration — rather than a news headline. Its 'headline' and 'cutline' glosses reflect that photo-caption sense, so it is seldom the word you want for a headline.
• 表題ひょうだいCommon
  nounPrimarily means the title of a work, document, or publication, or a heading such as an index entry. It can cover 'headline' in the sense of a title at the top of a text, but not a news headline.

For a newspaper or article headline use 「見出し」; for a caption under a photo or illustration use 「キャプション」; for a title or heading of a document or section use 表題.

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• 見出しみだしheading
• キャプションcaption
• 表題ひょうだいtitle
• ヘッドラインheadline