Illustration: At a community art class, a plump cat sleeps inside a shallow basket in the middle of the room. Around it, one participant paints its curled body, another models the same pose in clay, and a third makes a pencil study of its drooping paw.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

題だい材ざい

daizai

subject matter, theme

Example sentences

  1. 落語らくごの中なかに皿屋敷さらやしきを題材だいざいにした話はなしがある。

    Rakugo includes a story on the theme of Sarayashiki.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 平治へいじの乱らんを題材だいざいにした文学ぶんがくに『平治物語へいじものがたり』がある。

    The "Heiji monogatari" is a literary work that takes the Heiji Rebellion as its topic.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんの劇げきにおいて、歴史的れきしてきに本音ほんねと義理ぎりは主おもな題材だいざいである。

    Personal feelings and social requirements have historically been main subjects of Japanese plays.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 題材

  • 題topic; subjectOnダイ
  • 材lumber; logOnザイ

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