How to say "meeting" in Japanese

• 会かいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)A gathering, assembly or party — the occasion where people come together, not the act of meeting. On its own it is seldom the word for a business meeting you attend.
  この会かいに出席しゅっせきしている他たの代表者だいひょうしゃに直接ちょくせつ話はなすのではなく、どうか議長ぎちょうに話はなして下ください。↗

  Kindly address yourself to the chairman, not directly to other representatives at this meeting.
• 会議かいぎJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbThe usual word for a meeting as a formal session where people gather to discuss and decide matters — business meetings, committee sessions, conferences. When you mean a meeting at work, this is the safe choice.
  会議かいぎに彼かれは現あらわれましたか。↗

  Did he show up at the meeting?
• 出会いであいJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA meeting only in the sense of an encounter: coming together with someone, often for the first time or by chance; it can also suggest a rendezvous. Never for a scheduled or business meeting.
  私わたしたちの出会であいはまったくの偶然ぐうぜんでした。↗

  Our meeting was quite accidental.
• 会見かいけんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA formal meeting between prominent people: an interview or an audience, often one covered by the press. It is not the word for an ordinary meeting at the office.
  我わが党とうの党首とうしゅは他たの党首とうしゅ達たちと会見かいけんし、その問題もんだいについて話はなしをした。↗

  The leader of our party met with the other leaders and talked about the problem.
• ミーティングCommon
  nounThe loanword for the everyday sense of 'meeting': a workplace or team get-together to talk over plans and progress. A natural choice when 'meeting' means a regular work meeting rather than a formal conference.
  ミーティングを中止ちゅうししなければならない。↗

  We have to call off the meeting.

For a scheduled discussion choose 会議 (formal, business) or 「ミーティング」 (work, teams); 会見 is a formal interview or audience, 「出会い」 an encounter, and 会 a gathering or party rather than a meeting proper.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 会かいmeeting
• 会議かいぎmeeting
• 出会いであいmeeting
• 会見かいけんinterview
• ミーティングmeeting
• 集会しゅうかいmeeting
• 会合かいごうmeeting
• 面会めんかいmeeting (face-to-face)
• 会談かいだんtalks (i.e. formal discussions)
• 集まりあつまりgathering
• 待合まちあいrendezvous
• 迎えむかえmeeting
• 集いつどいmeeting
• 出迎えでむかえmeeting
• 寄り合いよりあいmeeting
• 際会さいかいmeeting
• 該当がいとうcorresponding to
• アポappointment
• 拝顔はいがんmeeting (someone)
• 対顔たいがんmeeting
• 所議しょぎmeeting
• 迎いむかいmeeting
• 講会こうかいmeeting (esp. of a mutual financing association)
• 会遇かいぐうmeeting
• ＭＴＧエム・ティー・ジーmeeting
• 会議体かいぎたいmeeting
• 見参けんざんseeing
• 会同かいどうassembly
• 引き合わせひきあわせintroduction
• 会集かいしゅうaudience
• 値遇ちぐうbeing appreciated by one's employer
• 打ち合わせうちあわせ(preparatory) meeting
• 顔合わせかおあわせ(preliminary) meeting
• 逢瀬おうせrendezvous
• 懇親会こんしんかいsocial gathering
• 合格ごうかくmeeting (specifications, standards, etc.)
• 連絡れんらくconnection (with a train, bus, etc.)
• 合流ごうりゅうjoining (of people, groups, parties, etc.)
• 消化しょうかconsumption
• 目見えめみえmeeting
• 三昧耶さんまやmeeting
• クリアovercoming