大会

大会

See also: 大會

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大会 – see 大會 (“mass meeting; rally; plenary session; convention; general assembly; general meeting; etc.”). (This term, 大会, is the simplified form of 大會.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	会
たい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ta̠ika̠i]

Noun

大会 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 大會, hiragana たいかい, rōmaji taikai)

1. convention; rally; mass meeting
   • 1947, 宮本百合子, 作家の経験:

     今年 (ことし)のはじめ、新日本文学会 (しんにほんぶん)が結成 (くかいがけっせい)の大会 (たいかい)をもった。

     Kotoshi no hajime, shin-nihon bungaku-kai ga kessei no taikai o motta.

     The New Japan Literary Society held its inaugural meeting this year.

2. tournament, a meet
   • 1940, 田中英光, オリンポスの果実:

     翌日 (よくじつ)、スタンフォド大学 (だいがく)に、全米陸上競技 (ぜんべいりくじょうきょうぎ)大会 (たいかい)を、見学 (けんがく)に行 (い)きました。

     Yokujitsu, sutanfodo daigaku ni, zenbei rikujō kyōgi taikai o, kengaku ni ikimashita.

     The next day we went to observe the national track and field tournament at Stanford University.

Synonyms

• (convention): 集会 (しゅうかい) (shūkai), コンベンション (konbenshon)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.