会かい食しょく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

会食する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

dining together; having a meal together

Neutral term for sharing a meal, often in a social or business context. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb.

〈人ひと〉と会かい食しょくするto have a meal together with someone
取とり引ひき先さきの担たん当とう者しゃと会かい食しょくすることになった。
It was arranged that I would have a meal with the client's representative.
〈人ひと〉を会かい食しょくに招まねくto invite someone to a meal together
新あたらしい社しゃ員いんを会かい食しょくに招まねいた。
We invited the new employee to a meal together.

食しょく事じN5
食事 is the general word for a meal or the act of eating, while 会食 specifically means eating together with others in a social or business setting.
会かい合ごうN3
会合 is a meeting or gathering that may or may not involve food, whereas 会食 always centers on sharing a meal.
宴えん会かいN3
宴会 is a banquet or feast, typically larger, more festive, and often including drinking, while 会食 is a more neutral term for simply dining together.
晩ばん餐さん
会食 emphasizes the act of dining together (often for business or social purposes), while 晩餐 specifically denotes an elegant evening banquet.

Compound of 会 (kai, 'meeting') and 食 (shoku, 'eating'). The meaning is transparent from its components.