討議|とうぎtougi[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdebate; discussion
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 討議する（とうぎする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 討議します（とうぎします） |
| Negative (nai) | 討議しない（とうぎしない） |
| polite (masen) | 討議しません（とうぎしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 討議せず・討議せぬ（とうぎせず・とうぎせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 討議した（とうぎした） |
| polite (mashita) | 討議しました（とうぎしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 討議しなかった（とうぎしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 討議しませんでした（とうぎしませんでした） |
| Te form | 討議して（とうぎして） |
| Potential | 討議できる（とうぎできる） |
| Passive | 討議される（とうぎされる） |
| Causative | 討議させる（とうぎさせる） |
| Causative passive | 討議させられる（とうぎさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 討議すれば（とうぎすれば） |
| tara | 討議したら（とうぎしたら） |
| Volitional | 討議しよう（とうぎしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 討議しましょう（とうぎしましょう） |
| Imperative | 討議しろ（とうぎしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym論議ろんぎWrittenWritten-style noun for extended back-and-forth argument on an issue, as in 「論議を呼ぶ」; 討議 is specifically formal discussion of an agenda item at a meeting.
- Synonym議論ぎろんNeutralThe everyday, all-purpose word for discussion and argument — the most common and broadest of these terms, not tied to formal meetings.
- Synonym討論とうろんNeutralCovers exchanging views on an issue and also pro-and-con debating, as in 「討論会」; 討議 is more specifically meeting discussion aimed at a conclusion.
- Synonym話し合いはなしあいNeutralEveryday noun for people talking things over to reach agreement; common in speech, while 討議 is the formal discussion of a meeting.
- SynonymディスカッションNeutralLoanword for a discussion or discussion session, typical of classrooms and business; 討議 is the formal meeting term.
- SynonymディベートNeutralLoanword for debate, especially a contest between affirmative and negative sides; 討議 is meeting discussion meant to yield a conclusion.
- Synonym審議しんぎWrittenWritten noun for formal deliberation by a parliament, committee or review board; leans official.
- Synonym評議ひょうぎWrittenWritten noun for a group deliberating together, as in 「評議会」; formal in tone.
- Synonym弁論べんろんWrittenNoun for formal debating before an audience or arguing a case in court; leans formal.
- Synonym論戦ろんせんWrittenWritten noun for a heated battle of words, as in 「論戦を交わす」.
- Synonym論争ろんそうWrittenNoun for a controversy between opposing camps, stressing the dispute itself rather than mere discussion.
- Synonym話し合うはなしあうNeutralEveryday verb for talking things over to reach agreement; common in speech, while 討議 is formal meeting discussion.
- Synonym論じるろんじるNeutralVerb for discussing or expounding a topic in a systematic, orderly way; the emphasis falls on the exposition itself.
- Synonym論ずるろんずるWrittenThe zuru-verb form of 「論じる」, same meaning but more literary, for orderly exposition; 討議 is a group discussing to reach a conclusion.
- Synonym対論たいろんWrittenWritten noun for debating face to face; fairly rare.
- Synonym談論だんろんWrittenLiterary word for talking things over, with an elegant flavor; rarely used today.
- Synonym熟議じゅくぎWrittenWritten noun for careful, thorough deliberation; often a political term.
- Related談義だんぎNeutralNoun for relaxed chatting or a long, rambling talk, as in 「野球談義」; much more casual than 討議.
- Related論じ合うろんじあうNeutralVerb for two sides arguing back and forth, stressing the clash of views; a touch formal for everyday speech.
- Related議するぎするWrittenWritten word for taking a matter up for discussion, seen mostly in meeting documents; rare in modern use.
- Related議すぎすWrittenAn older literary form of 「議する」 with the same meaning; very rare today.
Use 「討議」 for formal discussion of an agenda item at a meeting, as in 「討議資料」. For everyday discussion choose 「議論」 or 「話し合い」; for debate, 「討論」 or 「ディベート」; for official deliberation in a parliament or committee, 「審議」; for a controversy or war of words, 「論争」.
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