召集|しょうしゅうshoushuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconvening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
   彼かれは１９４２年ねん８月がつに召集しょうしゅうされた。↗

   He was called up in August, 1942.

• Synonym招集しょうしゅうNeutralA homophone of 「召集」 used for convening meetings and members, as in 「委員会招集」; 「召集」 is mostly for the Diet and military call-up.
• Synonym呼び寄せるよびよせるNeutralTo call someone to your side or send for them, e.g. 「家族を呼び寄せる」 for having family come live with you; 「召集」 is a formal convening.
• Synonym駆り集めるかりあつめるNeutralTo round up scattered people or things in one place, or muster manpower; 「召集」 is a superior's formal convening of parliament or soldiers.
• Synonym呼び集めるよびあつめるNeutralTo call people together in one place; more colloquial than 「召集」, which is a superior's formal convening of parliament or soldiers.
• Synonym呼集こしゅうWrittenWritten term for calling personnel to assemble, often troops; 「召集」 is the standard word for convening parliament or calling up soldiers.
• Related呼び出すよびだすNeutralA verb for calling someone over or summoning them; also used for invoking subroutines in programming. 「召集」 is a superior formally convening parliament or soldiers.
• Related動員どういんNeutralMobilizing people and resources for a purpose, as in 「総動員」; 「召集」 is formal convening of parliament or a military call-up.
• Related徴集ちょうしゅうWrittenWritten term for a state or public body forcibly levying men or goods; 「召集」 covers convening the Diet and calling men up for service.
• Related喚問かんもんWrittenWritten term for a public body summoning someone for questioning, e.g. 「証人喚問」, a Diet witness hearing; 「召集」 is convening members for a meeting.
• Related招致しょうちNeutralTo invite or attract someone or something, e.g. 「五輪招致」, bidding to host the Olympics; can also mean bringing on consequences. 「召集」 is convening members.
• Related召喚しょうかんNeutralA court summons; also summoning spirits, as in 「召喚獣」. 「召集」 is convening members for a meeting.
• Related徴兵ちょうへいNeutralState conscription under law, as in 「徴兵制」; 「召集」 is calling up reservists or convening the Diet.
• Related呼びつけるよびつけるNeutralTo summon someone in a high-handed, commanding tone, as if from above; 「召集」 is the formal convening of parliament or soldiers.
• Related召し出すめしだすWrittenWritten verb for a superior summoning someone to appear; 「召集」 is convening members for a meeting or calling soldiers up.
• Related召致しょうちWrittenWritten and rare, meaning calling someone together; in everyday speech use 「召集」 or 「招致」 instead.
• Related徴募ちょうぼWrittenWritten term for recruiting personnel, especially soldiers; 「召集」 is formally convening members or calling up enlisted men.
• Related募兵ぼへいWrittenWritten term for recruiting men into the military; 「召集」 is convening Diet members or calling up men already registered for service.
• Related徴するちょうするWrittenWritten verb for levying taxes or men, or soliciting input, as in 「意見を徴する」; 「召集」 is about convening people.
• Related招き寄せるまねきよせるNeutralTo beckon or call someone closer, or figuratively to draw in customers; 「召集」 is formally convening members or soldiers.
• Antonym解散かいさんNeutralAntonym for the gathering sense: breaking up a meeting or dissolving an organization, as in 「国会解散」.

Use 「召集」 when a superior formally convenes the Diet or members or calls up soldiers, as in 「国会を召集」 and 「召集令状」. To convene a meeting, 「招集」 is the usual word; for mobilizing people and resources use 「動員」, and for conscription 「徴兵」. Court or Diet summoning takes 「召喚」 or 「喚問」. For everyday calling of one person, verbs like 「呼び出す」 fit; 「解散」 is the antonym for dispersal.

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1. 政府せいふや国王こくおうといった社会的しゃかいてきに強つよい立場たちばにあるものが、命令めいれいし集あつめること。
2. 国会議員こっかいぎいんを集あつめ、国会こっかいを開催かいさいすること。