- 問題【もんだい】 - question (e.g. on a test), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter, question (i.e. doubt), public discussion, controversy, trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty 
- 話題【わだい】 - topic, subject, much talked about, topical, in the news, hot 
- 課題【かだい】 - subject, theme, issue, matter, homework, assignment, task, challenge, problem, question 
- 宿題【しゅくだい】 - homework, assignment, pending issue, unresolved problem, open question 
- 放題【ほうだい】 - (doing) as one pleases, to one's heart's content, letting (something) go unchecked, leaving uncontrolled, leaving (something) to take its own course 
- 本題【ほんだい】 - main topic, main subject, main issue, main question, this subject 
- 議題【ぎだい】 - topic of discussion, agenda 
- 時間の問題【じかんのもんだい】 - matter of time, question of time 
- 主題【しゅだい】 - subject, theme, motif 
- 題名【だいめい】 - title, caption, heading 
- 出題【しゅつだい】 - setting a question (for an exam, quiz, etc.), setting a theme (for composition of poetry) 
- 別問題【べつもんだい】 - different thing, another question, different case 
- 問題点【もんだいてん】 - the problem (at issue), the point at issue, problematic issue, problem 
- 社会問題【しゃかいもんだい】 - social problem 
- 題材【だいざい】 - subject, theme 
- 難題【なんだい】 - difficult problem, challenge 
- 問題意識【もんだいいしき】 - awareness of the issues, (having a) critical mind, concerns 
- 表題【ひょうだい】 - title, index, heading, headline, caption 
- 命題【めいだい】 - proposition, thesis, notion, theory, problem, issue, challenge 
- 副題【ふくだい】 - subtitle, subheading