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委員会 (いいんかい, iinkai) Japanese meaning: committee | Kotomora
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らい
週しゅう
、
予よ
算さん
委い
員いん
会かい
が
開ひら
か
れる
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The budget committee will be held next week.
He is a member of the executive committee.
Usage patterns 委い 員いん 会かい を 設せっ 置ち する to establish/set up a committee
The city established a new committee to address environmental issues.
委い 員いん 会かい を 開ひら く to hold a committee meeting
委い 員いん 会かい に 出しゅっ 席せき する to attend a committee meeting
He always attends the weekly committee meeting.
委い 員いん 会かい が 可か 決けつ する for a committee to pass/approve (a bill, motion, etc.)
The committee passed the bill.
委い 員いん 会かい に 所しょ 属ぞく する to belong to / be a member of a committee
She is a member of the ethics committee.
Kanji 委 committee, entrust to, leave to 員 employee, member, number Related words· 7 審議会 is typically an advisory body that deliberates and reports recommendations, while 委員会 can also carry out executive or administrative tasks.
協議会 stresses joint consultation and discussion among members, whereas 委員会 is the broader, more general term for any organized committee.
理事会 specifically refers to a board of directors/trustees with governing authority, while 委員会 is used more widely for committees of any kind.
委員会 is the full word for 'committee', while 委 is its abbreviated suffix form used in compound nouns like 実行委.
Show 3 more 委員会 is the general word for any committee, while 常任委員会 specifically denotes a permanent, ongoing committee.
委員会 refers to a general committee, while 分科会 is a smaller subcommittee formed within a larger committee or conference.
委員会 is the generic word for any committee or commission, whereas 教育委員会 refers specifically to the committee that manages education.
Word family· 41 the same committee
subcommittee
central committee
Etymology Compound of 委員 (committee member) + 会 (meeting, association). The word 委員 itself is a Meiji-era coinage from Chinese-derived morphemes.
We plan to hold a committee meeting next week to discuss the budget.
りん
理り
委い
員いん
会かい
Show 5 more Cabinet Committee; House Committee on the Cabinet
labor relations board; labour relations board
draft committee
joint committee
compensation committee; remuneration committee
