How to say "session" in Japanese

• 会議かいぎJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbCovers 'session' as a meeting or sitting of people gathered to discuss something; it is really the word for 'meeting' or 'conference', so choose it when 'session' means a business or committee meeting.
  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?
• セッションCommon
  nounThe loanword, used where English 'session' is kept as-is: a playing session in music, a session in computing, or a distinct unit within an event or program.
  数すう人にんから、その日ひの後半こうはんにあたるテクニカルセッションの中なかにも出席しゅっせきしたいセッションがあるという意見いけんが出でました。↗

  A few people mentioned they would like to attend some sessions later in the day on the Technical Session Agenda.
• 会期かいきCommon
  no-adjectiveRefers to the period during which a legislature sits — the span of a parliamentary session rather than the meeting itself; it fits 'session' only in this legislative sense, as in news about parliament.
  会期かいきは又また延長えんちょうされるであろう。↗

  The session will be prolonged again.
• コーナーJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounFor 'session' this means a set segment of a radio or TV program; it is really 'segment' or 'column', so it is seldom the word you want for a session in any other context.

Use 会議 for a session in the sense of a meeting, 「セッション」 for the loanword in music, computing and event contexts, 会期 for the period of a legislative session, and 「コーナー」 only for a segment of a broadcast program.

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

• 会議かいぎmeeting
• セッションsession
• 会期かいきsession (of a legislature)
• 本会ほんかいformal meeting (committee, etc.)
• コーナーsegment (within a radio or TV program)
• 期きsession (e.g. of parliament)
• 場ばsession