題|だいdai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nountitle; subject; theme; topic
   「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".
2. nounproblem (on a test); question
3. noun (suffix), countercounter for questions (on a test)
   先生せんせいは私達わたしたちに宿題しゅくだいとして１０題だいの問題もんだいを割り当わりあてた。↗

   The teacher assigned us ten problems for homework.

• Synonym表題ひょうだいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the title of a book or speech, or a heading on a document.
• Synonym題名だいめいNeutralThe name of a work, as in 「映画の題名」; the most common word for a work's title.
• SynonymタイトルNeutralLoanword for a title; also a rank or championship title. Common in colloquial speech.
• Synonym見出しみだしNeutralA newspaper headline or a dictionary entry headword, as in 「新聞の見出し」.
• Synonym題目だいもくNeutralA title or research subject; also refers to the Nichiren chant.
• Synonym話題わだいNeutralA topic of conversation; 「題」 refers to a work's title or a test question.
• SynonymテーマNeutralLoanword for the theme or central idea of a work or research; 「題」 emphasizes the name itself.
• Synonym課題かだいNeutralAn assigned task or a problem that needs solving, as in 「夏休みの課題」.
• Synonym主題しゅだいWrittenThe central idea of a work, as in 「小説の主題」; written/formal prose.
• Synonym問題もんだいNeutralA test question or a problem to be solved, as in 「試験問題」; 「題」 also serves as a counter for questions.
• Synonym標記ひょうきWrittenWritten/formal prose: the subject of a document or a marking, as in 「標記の件」; mostly in official documents.
• Related題号だいごうWrittenWritten/formal prose for a book's title; rare in modern usage.

For a work's name use 「題」, 「題名」 or 「タイトル」; for newspaper headlines use 「見出し」. For a theme or central idea use 「テーマ」 or 「主題」; for test questions use 「問題」, and for tasks to solve use 「課題」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 作品さくひんや講演こうえんなどの内容ないようを簡潔かんけつに示しめすための名前なまえ。
2. 詩歌しいかなどで詠よみこむように決きめられた言葉ことば。
3. 試験しけんなどの問題もんだい。
4. 試験しけんなどの問題もんだい数すうを表あらわす助数詞じょすうし。