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JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

面めん談だん

mendan

to meet for a discussion

Example sentences

  1. その件けんについてあなたのお父とうさんと面談めんだんしたい。

    I’d like to have an interview with your father about the matter.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 藩主はんしゅは数ヶ月すうかげつに渡わたり監禁かんきんされ、その間かん、家老かろうら重臣じゅうしんと面談めんだんを繰くり返かえす。

    The lord is confined for several months, during which he repeatedly holds talks with senior vassals including karo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. その為ため、面談めんだんを中止ちゅうししたという。

    For that reason, the meeting was reportedly called off.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 面談

  • 面mask; faceOnメン・ベンKunおも・おもて・つら
  • 談discuss; talkOnダン

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