How to say "negotiation" in Japanese

• 商談しょうだんCommon
  noun, suru verbCovers negotiation in a business setting: a meeting between companies, typically seller and buyer, to discuss a deal or contract. It is not the word for political or diplomatic bargaining.
  商談しょうだんに入はいる前まえに、少すこし雑談ざつだんでもしましょう。↗

  Shall we shoot the breeze for a while before talking business?
• 折衝せっしょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbRefers to negotiation as the mutual adjusting of positions between parties, typically governments or organizations; you will see it in news reports of diplomatic and political bargaining.
  地元じもと住民じゅうみんと政府せいふ調査官ちょうさかんの間あいだに折衝せっしょうがありました。↗

  There was a flare-up between local residents and state regulators.
• 協議きょうぎJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbEmphasizes discussion and consultation among parties working toward agreement or a decision, as in talks between labor and management or among officials; it covers the deliberative side of negotiation.
  私わたしたちはその問題もんだいを彼かれらと協議きょうぎした。↗

  We consulted them about the problem.

For business deal-making use 商談; for negotiations between governments or organizations, especially as reported in the news, use 折衝; for discussion aimed at settling a matter, use 協議.

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• 商談しょうだんbusiness discussion
• 折衝せっしょうnegotiation
• 協議きょうぎconference
• ネゴシエーションnegotiation
• 会商かいしょうnegotiation
• ネゴシエートnegotiation
• ネゴnegotiation
• 詰め開きつめひらきbargaining
• ビジネストークbusiness discussion
• 話はなしdiscussions