Japanese symbol for “session”
会議
かいぎ
Romaji: kaigi
meeting; conference; session; assembly
In Japanese, session is 会議, read かいぎ (kaigi).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “session”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会期 | かいき kaiki | session (of a legislature) |
| セッション | セッション sesshon | session |
| 期 | き ki | session (e.g. of parliament) |
| 場 | ば ba | session |
| コーナー | コーナー koonaa | segment (within a radio or TV program); session; column (newspaper, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 会社 | かいしゃ kaisha | company; corporation; firm |
| 社会 | しゃかい shakai | society; public; community |
| 大会 | たいかい taikai | mass meeting; convention; rally |
| 機会 | きかい kikai | chance; opportunity; occasion |
| 会場 | かいじょう kaijou | assembly hall; meeting place; venue |
| 議員 | ぎいん giin | member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament |
| 議論 | ぎろん giron | argument; discussion; dispute |
| 議会 | ぎかい gikai | congress; parliament; diet |
See also: Chinese symbol for “session”.
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.