Japanese Word Entry

お題
Kana:おだい
Romaji:odai
Definitions:
  1. theme, subject, motif

  2. theme for the Imperial New Year's Poetry Contest

Alternative form:
  • 御題 【 おだい (odai) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

topic, subject, forehead, title, headline, theme
Readings
Mandarin: ㄊㄧˊ (tí), ㄉㄧˋ (dì)
Cantonese: tai4
Japanese: ダイ (dai) / ひたい (hitai)
Korean: 제 (je)
Vietnamese: đề
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

honorable, manipulate, govern, drive, ride, chariot, manage
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩˋ (yù), ㄧㄚˋ (yà)
Cantonese: jyu6
Japanese: ギョ (gyo)、 ゴ (go) / おん- (on-)、 お- (o-)、 み- (mi-)、 おん (on)、 おさめる (osameru)
Korean: 어 (eo), 아 (a)
Vietnamese: ngự, nhạ
Variants
Semantic variant form: