Illustration: In a Japanese community center, six neighbors sit at a round table discussing a model of a proposed shared garden. A woman gestures toward its planting beds while the others listen; opposite her, a younger participant lifts one hand, preparing to contribute. Nobody occupies a head position.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

座ざ談だん会かい

zadankai

roundtable discussion

Example sentences

  1. 日清戦争にっしんせんそうの頃ころ、新聞社しんぶんしゃが当時存命とうじぞんめいしていた幕末ばくまつの「剣客けんきゃく」たちの座談会ざだんかいを企画きかくした。

    Around the time of the Sino-Japanese War, a newspaper planned a roundtable discussion with swordsmen from the late Edo period who were still alive.

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

  2. 来週らいしゅう、先生せんせいたちの座談会ざだんかいが開ひらかれる。

    The teachers will hold a roundtable discussion next week.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 雑誌ざっしで旅行りょこうについての座談会ざだんかいを読よんだ。

    I read a roundtable discussion about travel in a magazine.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 座談会

  • 座squat; seatOnザKunすわる
  • 談discuss; talkOnダン
  • 会meet; gatherOnカイ・エKunあう・あわせる・あつまる

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