How to say "title" in Japanese

• タイトルJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe loanword for the title of a work — a book, film, song, or game — and also for a championship won in sports; in the work-title sense it overlaps with 題名.
  その本ほんのタイトルは何なんですか。↗

  What is the title of the book?
• 題だいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounPoints to the subject, theme, or topic of a piece of writing or a discussion — what it is about — and can also serve as the work's title.
  「友情ゆうじょう」という題だいで作文さくぶんを書かきなさい。↗

  Write an essay on "Friendship".
• 称号しょうごうCommon
  nounA formal title or honor officially conferred on a person — an academic degree, for example — and not the name of a book or film.
  フランクス陸軍りくぐん大将たいしょうがナイト爵位しゃくいの名誉めいよ称号しょうごうを授さずかりました。↗

  General Franks received an honorary knighthood.
• 肩書きかたがきCommon
  nounA person's title in the sense of the label attached to their name — Doctor, Professor, and the like — or their job title and position within a company.
  肩書かたがきが偉えらくても地位ちいが高たかいとは限かぎらない。↗

  A big title does not necessarily mean a high position.
• 題名だいめいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounThe title of a work — the name given to a book, film, song, or picture — and also a caption or heading.
  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.

For the name of a work use 題名 or 「タイトル」; for what a piece is about use 題; for a formal honor or degree conferred on a person use 称号, and for their professional label or post use 「肩書き」.

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• タイトルtitle
• 題だいtitle
• 称号しょうごうtitle
• 肩書きかたがきtitle (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)
• 題名だいめいtitle
• 名称めいしょうname
• 見出しみだしheading
• 名目めいもくname
• 表題ひょうだいtitle
• 題目だいもくtitle
• 選手権せんしゅけんchampionship
• 款かんtitle
• 外題げだいtitle (of a play)
• 題号だいごうtitle
• 作品名さくひんめいtitle (of a work)
• 件名けんめいsubject
• 称しょうname
• 本権ほんけんproperty right to an estate
• 掲題けいだいsubject (e.g. of an email)
• 称呼しょうこappellation
• 職名しょくめい(name of) one's occupation
• 名なtitle
• 標記ひょうきsubject (of memo, email, etc.)
• 冠かんむりname