周しゅう旋せん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

mediation; acting as an intermediary

Used for acting as a go-between or intermediary in negotiations, introductions, or transactions. Often appears in the form 周旋する.

• 彼かれは両りょう者しゃの間あいだで周しゅう旋せんして、契けい約やくをまとめた。

  He mediated between the two parties and finalized the contract.

• 知ち人じんの周しゅう旋せんで新あたらしい仕し事ごとが見みつかった。

  I found a new job through an acquaintance's mediation.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

employment office (Edo period)

Historical term for an employment agency or placement office during the Edo period. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、周しゅう旋せんと呼よばれる職しょく業ぎょう紹しょう介かい所じょがあった。

  During the Edo period, there were employment agencies called 周旋.