宿題

しゅくだい · shukudai · JLPT N5 · noun

homework

📚✏️ 宿題 = lodging (宿) + topic (題): the topic that lodges at home with you

宿 means to lodge or stay overnight, as in 宿屋 (inn). 題 means topic or problem, as in 問題 (question). Homework is the problem that stays the night at your place. Sound hook: shuku-dai, should-could-die of homework.

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