大会

See also: 大會

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大会 – see 大會 (“mass meeting; rally; plenary session; convention; general assembly; general meeting; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 大會).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	会
たい Grade: 1	かい Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
大會 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. convention; rally; mass meeting
   • 1947, 宮本百合子, 作家の経験:

     今年(ことし)のはじめ、新日本文学会(しんにほんぶん)が結成(くかいがけっせい)の大会(たいかい)をもった。

     Kotoshi no hajime, shin-nihon bungaku-kai ga kessei no taikai o motta.

     The New Japan Literary Society held its inaugural meeting this year.

2. tournament, a meet
   • 1940, 田中英光, オリンポスの果実:

     翌日(よくじつ)、スタンフォド大学(だいがく)に、全米陸上競技(ぜんべいりくじょうきょうぎ)大会(たいかい)を、見学(けんがく)に行(い)きました。

     Yokujitsu, sutanfodo daigaku ni, zenbei rikujō kyōgi taikai o, kengaku ni ikimashita.

     The next day we went to observe the national track and field tournament at Stanford University.

Synonyms

• (convention): 集会(しゅうかい) (shūkai), コンベンション (konbenshon)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.