閉会|へいかいheikai[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbclosure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
   国会こっかいは閉会へいかいして夏休なつやすみに入はいった。↗

   The Diet rose for summer recess.

• Synonym閉幕へいまくWrittenWritten/formal prose. The closing of a performance or large-scale event such as 「オリンピック閉幕」; leans toward big games and festivals rather than ordinary meetings.
• Synonym散会さんかいNeutralNeutral. Adjournment: a meeting ends and the attendees disperse; the focus is on the assembly breaking up rather than the formal closing.
• Related終わるおわるNeutralNeutral. The everyday, most common word for something ending; 「閉会」 is reserved for the formal closing of a meeting or convention.
• Related終えるおえるNeutralNeutral. A transitive verb for finishing or completing something; its range is broad and not limited to meetings, unlike 「閉会」.
• Related終結しゅうけつWrittenWritten/formal prose. The end of an affair or war, as in 「戦争の終結」; leans toward long-running situations drawing to a close.
• Related終了しゅうりょうNeutralNeutral. Ending or termination, as in 「試合終了」; leans toward a program or allotted time running out rather than a formal closing.
• Related閉じるとじるNeutralNeutral. To shut or close something, as in 「本を閉じる」 or 「会を閉じる」; the emphasis is on shutting rather than formal closure.
• Related閉廷へいていFormalFormal. The adjournment or closing of a court session; used exclusively in judicial settings, never for meetings in general.
• Antonym開会かいかいNeutralNeutral. The opening of a meeting or convention — the direct opposite of 「閉会」.
• Antonym開幕かいまくWrittenWritten/formal prose. The opening of a performance or large event; the opposite of closing, leaning toward big events and shows.

Use 「閉会」 for the formal closing of a meeting or convention, as in 「閉会式」 and 「閉会の辞」. For large events or performances choose 「閉幕」; for everyday or general endings use 「終わる」 or 「終了」. The opposite of 「閉会」 is 「開会」.

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1. 会議かいぎや大会たいかいなどを終おえること。