休会|きゅうかいkyuukai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbadjournment; recess
    議会ぎかいは休会きゅうかいになりました。↗
    Congress went into recess.
Conjugation
Dictionary form休会する(きゅうかいする)
Polite (masu)休会します(きゅうかいします)
Negative (nai)休会しない(きゅうかいしない)
polite (masen)休会しません(きゅうかいしません)
classical zu / nu休会せず・休会せぬ(きゅうかいせず・きゅうかいせぬ)
Past (ta)休会した(きゅうかいした)
polite (mashita)休会しました(きゅうかいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)休会しなかった(きゅうかいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)休会しませんでした(きゅうかいしませんでした)
Te form休会して(きゅうかいして)
Potential休会できる(きゅうかいできる)
Passive休会される(きゅうかいされる)
Causative休会させる(きゅうかいさせる)
Causative passive休会させられる(きゅうかいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)休会すれば(きゅうかいすれば)
tara休会したら(きゅうかいしたら)
Volitional休会しよう(きゅうかいしよう)
polite (mashou)休会しましょう(きゅうかいしましょう)
Imperative休会しろ(きゅうかいしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related休みやすみNeutralThe broadest everyday term: rest, holidays, or absence. It is not a dedicated word for suspending a meeting the way 「休会」 is.
  • Related休憩きゅうけいNeutralA short break taken partway through an activity; it stresses a brief rest, whereas 「休会」 suspends a meeting for an entire period.
  • Related休息きゅうそくNeutralStopping to let the body rest; the focus is physical relief. It is not used of meetings, so it cannot stand in for 「休会」.
  • Related中休みなかやすみNeutralA break partway through work or an activity, stressing the pause in the middle; unlike 「休会」, it is not specifically a term for meetings.
  • Antonym開会かいかいNeutralThe opening of a meeting. It is the opposite of 「休会」, which suspends a meeting rather than starting one.

Use 「休会」 when a parliament or meeting suspends sessions for a period, or an exchange halts trading, as in 「国会が休会する」. For a short break within a meeting say 「休憩」; the opposite is 「開会」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 議会ぎかい、会議かいぎ、会合かいごうなどを一定期間いっていきかん休やすむこと。
  2. 取引所とりひきしょで立会たちあいを休やすむこと。
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