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宿題

しゅくだい
hepburn shukudai

homework

Part of speech · noun

Pattern visualization

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Examples

  1. 宿題がたくさんあります。
    I have a lot of homework.
  2. 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 — 宿 (to lodge) + 題 (topic): "the problem to lodge with at home." One bloodline with Korean sukje; 宿 also lodges in 宿泊, 下宿. Japan's summer 宿題 bundles free research, diary, and drawings into one armful, and the last-week cramming at August's end becomes a nationwide seasonal scene. When the teacher sets it, 宿題が出る; when the student turns it in, 宿題を出す.

Quick check

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