課題

かだい · kadai · JLPT N3 · noun

task

📝 課 lesson + 題 topic = the topic a lesson hands you: your task

課 is the lesson counter in 第一課 (lesson one) and the section in 課長 (section chief). 題 means topic, as in 問題 (problem) and 題名 (title). Together they mean an assigned topic: homework, a challenge, or an issue to work on.

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