宿題
しゅくだい
hepburn shukudai
homework
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 宿題がたくさんあります。I have a lot of homework.
- 宿題を出してください。Please hand in your homework.
Collocations
宿題 (shukudai, homework)宿題を出す (shukudai wo dasu, hand in homework)宿題をやる (shukudai wo yaru, do homework)夏休みの宿題 (natsuyasumi no shukudai, summer homework)宿題が残る (shukudai ga nokoru, unfinished homework remains)
Mnemonic
宿題 shukudai — kanji "stay overnight (宿) + topic (題)" = "the problem to stay with at home" = homework. Shares the same kanji as Korean sukje. Japan's summer-vacation 宿題 famously bundles free research, diary, drawings, and exercises — left undone until the last days of August, a national rite of cramming. 宿 carries the "lodging" sense: 宿泊 (shukuhaku, overnight stay), 下宿 (geshuku, boarding). 題 means "topic / problem": 問題, 話題.
Quick check
Correct collocation for "hand in homework"?