問題

Reading

Kana: もんだい

Romaji: mondai

Definitions

noun

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem

2

problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter

3

question (i.e. doubt)

4

public discussion; controversy

5

trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

Kanji

問

Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject

Example Sentences

問題(もんだい)でも？

➥What's the matter?

問題(もんだい)だなあ。

➥It's a problem.

何(なに)が問題(もんだい)なの？

➥What is the problem?

問題(もんだい)ないよ。

➥No problem!

彼(かれ)は問題外(もんだいがい)だ。

➥He was ruled out.

問題(もんだい)はこうです。

➥The question is this.