散会|さんかいsankai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbadjournment
    会かいは八はち時じに散会さんかいした。↗
    The meeting broke up at eight.
Conjugation
Dictionary form散会する(さんかいする)
Polite (masu)散会します(さんかいします)
Negative (nai)散会しない(さんかいしない)
polite (masen)散会しません(さんかいしません)
classical zu / nu散会せず・散会せぬ(さんかいせず・さんかいせぬ)
Past (ta)散会した(さんかいした)
polite (mashita)散会しました(さんかいしました)
Past negative (nakatta)散会しなかった(さんかいしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)散会しませんでした(さんかいしませんでした)
Te form散会して(さんかいして)
Potential散会できる(さんかいできる)
Passive散会される(さんかいされる)
Causative散会させる(さんかいさせる)
Causative passive散会させられる(さんかいさせられる)
Conditional (ba)散会すれば(さんかいすれば)
tara散会したら(さんかいしたら)
Volitional散会しよう(さんかいしよう)
polite (mashou)散会しましょう(さんかいしましょう)
Imperative散会しろ(さんかいしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym閉会へいかいNeutralClosing of a conference or convention, as in 「閉会の辞」; centers on the formal proceedings, while 「散会」 stresses the gathering ending and people dispersing.
  • Related閉幕へいまくNeutralThe curtain falling on a performance, convention or event; also figuratively the end of an era. 「散会」 is for gatherings breaking up and attendees dispersing.
  • Related終わるおわるNeutralThe most general verb for ending, usable in any context, not just gatherings; 「散会」 is specific to a meeting ending and people dispersing.
  • Relatedお開きおひらきNeutralA tactful way to say a party or gathering is over, softening 「終わる」, as in 「そろそろお開きにしましょう」.
  • Related終結しゅうけつWrittenA written/formal word for the thorough end of wars, affairs and the like; 「会議の終結」 is possible, but a meeting breaking up is usually 「散会」.
  • Related終えるおえるNeutralTransitive: to finish or complete something, as in 「会議を終える」; stresses completion, while 「散会」 stresses the attendees dispersing.
  • RelatedしまうNeutralTo finish work or close a business, also to put things away; common in speech but not used for formally adjourning a meeting.
  • Antonym開会かいかいNeutralThe opening of a meeting or convention, as in 「開会を宣言する」; the opposite of 「散会」, which ends a gathering.

Use 「散会」 when a gathering ends and is adjourned, as in 「これにて散会します」. For the closing of a convention say 「閉会」, for a party or banquet 「お開き」; the opposite is 「開会」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 会合かいごうが終了しゅうりょうし出席者しゅっせきしゃなどが解散かいさんすること。
  2. 国会こっかいがその日ひの議事ぎじ日程にっていを終了しゅうりょうすること。
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