課題
かだい
assignment, task
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Examples
課題が多い。
かだいがおおい。
There are a lot of assignments.
夏休みの課題をやっと終わらせた。
なつやすみのかだいをやっとおわらせた。
I finally finished my summer assignments.
コストを下げることが今後の課題だ。
こすとをさげることがこんごのかだいだ。
Cutting costs is the challenge going forward.
Common patterns
- 課題を出す
- to set an assignment
- 課題を提出する
- to hand in an assignment
- 今後の課題
- an issue for the future
Memory tip
課題 leads two lives: at school it's an assignment, at work it's the issue still to be tackled. Unlike 宿題 (homework to take home) it can be a long project, and unlike 問題 (something already gone wrong) it is a challenge you have chosen.
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