会談|かいだんkaidan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbtalks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 会談する（かいだんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 会談します（かいだんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 会談しない（かいだんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 会談しません（かいだんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 会談せず・会談せぬ（かいだんせず・かいだんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 会談した（かいだんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 会談しました（かいだんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 会談しなかった（かいだんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 会談しませんでした（かいだんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 会談して（かいだんして） |
| Potential | 会談できる（かいだんできる） |
| Passive | 会談される（かいだんされる） |
| Causative | 会談させる（かいだんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 会談させられる（かいだんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 会談すれば（かいだんすれば） |
| tara | 会談したら（かいだんしたら） |
| Volitional | 会談しよう（かいだんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 会談しましょう（かいだんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 会談しろ（かいだんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym協議きょうぎNeutralThe parties consulting or negotiating, as in 「協議離婚」 or 「協議を重ねる」; the focus is the negotiation itself, while 「会談」 adds a formal meeting.
- Synonym話し合いはなしあいNeutralEveryday discussing or talking things over, with no restriction on the setting; 「会談」 is more formal, official talks between the parties.
- Related会見かいけんNeutralFormal meetings, and very often press conferences as in 「記者会見」; 「会談」 stresses the two sides actually discussing an agenda.
- Related面談めんだんNeutralA face-to-face talk about specific matters, e.g. a teacher and a parent; 「会談」 is formal talks between the parties concerned.
- Related面接めんせつNeutralA conversation held to judge someone's character or ability, mostly job interviews; 「会談」 is parties discussing an agenda.
- Related面会めんかいNeutralMeeting or visiting someone, often at a hospital or prison or to call on them; 「会談」 stresses formally discussing an agenda.
- Related評議ひょうぎWrittenWritten/formal prose: people pool opinions to deliberate and decide, as in 「評議会」; 「会談」 stresses the parties meeting to talk.
- Related合議ごうぎWrittenWritten/formal prose: two or more people confer to reach a decision, as in the court system's 「合議制」; 「会談」 is a formal meeting, common in diplomacy and politics.
- Related会議かいぎNeutralPeople gathering to discuss a set topic, also a decision-making body; 「会談」 is a formal meeting between the parties to discuss an agenda.
- RelatedコンファレンスNeutralA loanword for a conference or consultation, often in the names of academic or business events; 「会談」 is parties meeting to talk.
- RelatedグループディスカッションNeutralA loanword for group discussion, common in job-hunting selection and classes; 「会談」 is formal talks between the parties concerned.
- Related謁見えっけんFormalFormal: an audience with a high-ranking person such as a king or the pope; 「会談」 is a formal meeting to talk, with no sense of paying respects.
- Related商議しょうぎWrittenWritten/formal prose but rare even there: consultation or negotiation; in daily speech use 「相談」 or 「協議」; 「会談」 stresses formally meeting to talk.
- Related拝謁はいえつFormalFormal: a humble variant of 「謁見」, used for audiences with the emperor and the like; 「会談」 is a formal meeting to talk and is not itself honorific.
Use 「会談」 for formal talks between the parties concerned, as in 「首脳会談」. For a formal meeting or press conference say 「会見」, for a meeting of many people 「会議」, for negotiation 「協議」, and for everyday discussion 「話し合い」. The rest cover interviews (「面接」「面談」), visits (「面会」), deliberation (「評議」「合議」), audiences (「謁見」「拝謁」), the loanwords 「コンファレンス」「グループディスカッション」, and the rare bookish 「商議」.
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