Meaning
meeting; conference; assembly
Nuance & Usage
会議 refers to a formal or semi-formal meeting, particularly in a business or organizational context. Common expressions: 会議をする/開く (hold a meeting), 会議に出る/参加する (attend a meeting), 会議室 (kaigishitsu — meeting room), 会議中 (kaigi-chuu — in a meeting). A more casual meeting or brief discussion is called ミーティング (miitingu, from English) in modern workplaces. 委員会 (iinkai) refers to a committee.
Common Mistakes
Learners often confuse 会議 (formal meeting) with 打ち合わせ (uchiawase — preliminary meeting/briefing, less formal) or ミーティング (meeting, used casually in modern workplaces). In email/phone contexts, saying 会議中です means "[they are] in a meeting" and is a polite way to explain unavailability. Don't confuse 会議 with 会合 (kaigou — a gathering/get-together, broader term).
Example Sentences
午後三時から重要な会議があります。
ごごさんじからじゅうような かいぎがあります。
There is an important meeting at 3 p.m.
田中部長は今、会議中です。
たなかぶちょうはいま、かいぎちゅうです。
Manager Tanaka is in a meeting right now.
会議の資料を準備しておいてください。
かいぎのしりょうをじゅんびしておいてください。
Please prepare the meeting materials in advance.
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