Japanese symbol for “adjournment”
延期
えんき
Romaji: enki
postponement; deferment; adjournment
In Japanese, adjournment is 延期, read えんき (enki).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt postponement; deferment; adjournment
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “adjournment”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 散会 | さんかい sankai | adjournment |
| 休会 | きゅうかい kyuukai | adjournment; recess |
| 停会 | ていかい teikai | adjournment; suspension of a meeting; recess of legislature |
| 一時休止 | いちじきゅうし ichijikyuushi | adjournment; pause; moratorium |
| 日延べ | ひのべ hinobe | postponement; adjournment |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 延長 | えんちょう enchou | extension; elongation; prolongation |
| 遅延 | ちえん chien | delay; latency |
| 延べ | のべ nobe | futures |
| 延滞 | えんたい entai | arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment) |
| 蔓延 | まんえん man'en | spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation |
| 期間 | きかん kikan | period; term; interval |
| 期待 | きたい kitai | expectation; anticipation; hope |
| 時期 | じき jiki | time; season; period |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.