公会|こうかいkoukai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpublic meeting

• Related会議かいぎNeutralThe most common everyday word for a meeting; covers meetings of all kinds, without stressing that they are public or involve public participation.
• Related協議会きょうぎかいWrittenWritten/formal: stresses a consultative body—an organization of the parties concerned for deliberation—rather than the meeting itself.
• Antonym私会WrittenA written-language word for a private, non-public gathering; the opposite of 「公会」, which is held openly.

「公会」 means a public meeting and is rare in modern Japanese, surviving mostly in 「公会堂」. For everyday meetings say 「会議」; for a consultative body where parties deliberate, use 「協議会」.

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1. 公衆こうしゅうが会合かいごうすること。
2. 公開こうかいの会議かいぎ。