☆NihonJack⇔日本ジャック☆コミュのVocab of the day: 会談 (かいだん)

会談（かいだん）
Definition: conversation; conference; discussion; interview

Is this word commonly used? Is it used in writing, speech, or both? Please share example sentences and/or similar words like below.

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[1] mixiユーザー 11月15日 01:16

Nice to meet you.
It's my firt time coments.
I really think this comunity is so nice.

Japanese Example: 首相はアメリカの大統領と会談をした。
English Example: I'm sorry I have no idea. meeting?
It's casual is't it?
Similar words:面会（I'm not sure.)

[2] mixiユーザー 11月15日 15:31

首相はアメリカの大統領と会談をした

The Prime Minister had a conference with the American president.

;-)

[3] mixiユーザー 11月15日 15:51

according to an analysis of word frequency done on the Mainichi shinbun a few years ago 会談 comes in as the 172th most frequent word. So thats pretty commononly used. all the example sentences on alc.co.jp seem to use it in a faily official context ie "emergency summit", "peace conference"

http://tinyurl.com/u74p6

[4] mixiユーザー 11月16日 00:38

Is there a published (online) list of the Mainichi Shinbun analysis?

[5] mixiユーザー 11月16日 10:29

yep - you can find info here :
http://www.manythings.org/q/n-about.htm
They link to a file containing the frequency rankings - and there are a number of quizes based on that list.

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