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, 大会, 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.

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
大會 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) たいかい [tàíkáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ika̠i]

Noun

大(たい)会(かい) • (taikai) 

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

     今(こ)年(とし)のはじめ、新(しん)日(に)本(ほん)文(ぶん)学(がく)会(かい)が結(けっ)成(せい)の大(たい)会(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. (sports) tournament, a meet
   • 1940, 田中英光, オリンポスの果実:

     翌(よく)日(じつ)、スタンフォド大(だい)学(がく)に、全(ぜん)米(べい)陸(りく)上(じょう)競(きょう)技(ぎ)大(たい)会(かい)を、見(けん)学(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(しゅう)会(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.