だい
Meanings
Noun
1. topic; subject
Adjective (の)
2. much talked about; topical; in the news; hot
Kanji used
to speak
topic
Pitch accent
だい
Top 1800
Composed of
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to bring up a subject
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
Examples (20 in total)
He changed the topic of conversation.
A new topic came up in conversation.
Our topic for this week is global warming.
Suddenly, he changed the subject.
We won't talk on that subject.
She is very good at changing the subject.
But now to our next topic.
I tried to change the subject as quickly as possible.
Not many people are talking about it.
Let's go on to the next subject.
That topic is worth discussing.
I thought you enjoyed talking about baseball.
Your question is not relevant to the subject.
Politics was the main topic of their conversation.
Let's not talk about that this time.
They didn't want to spend much time talking about it.
Were there any interesting topics in today's history class?
I tried to change the subject, but they went on talking about politics.
Westerners, in general, prefer to avoid such topics unless the other person brings them up.
After ten minutes, they passed on to a new topic.