WORD DETAIL
題名
だいめい
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: 題名 (だいめい) is a noun for the title given to a work such as a painting or novel.
- Basic usage: It appears when choosing a title after completing a work or remembering the title of a novel.
- 絵を描き終えてから題名を決めた。 — I chose a title after finishing the painting.
- その小説の題名だけは今も覚えている。 — I still remember the title of that novel.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Work title and other labels
- 題名 suits the title of a creative work. Other kinds of labels, such as a document heading or email subject, may use 見出し or 件名 according to context.

