VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

問題

もんだい

hepburn mondai

problem, question, issue

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

問題が難しいです。
The problem is hard.
問題ありません。
No problem.

Collocations

問題 (mondai, problem / question)問題ない (mondai nai, no problem)社会問題 (shakai mondai, social issue)問題集 (mondaishuu, problem book)問題視 (mondaishi, treating as problematic)

Mnemonic

問題 mondai = 問 (ask) + 題 (topic). Very broad: exam questions, headaches, social issues, debate points. Register split: mondai (general / concrete) / kadai (assignment, theme to solve) / setsumon (exam item) / toraburu (trouble). "Mondai nai" is the default reassurance in business and daily life — exact match for "No problem."

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