meeting

会議、集まり

人々が集まり、話し合ったり決定したりする場。

やさしい英語で： An occasion when people come together to discuss something or make decisions.

• The meeting starts at ten.
• We had a meeting about the new shop.
• Did you attend yesterday’s staff meeting?

使い方： meeting about something (We arranged a meeting about school safety.); meeting with someone (I have a meeting with my manager.)

類義語： discussion, conference

よく使う表現： attend a meeting, team meeting, meeting about something, public meeting

出会い、合流

人々が出会うことや、物が一か所で合わさること。

やさしい英語で： The act of people encountering each other or things joining at one place.

• Their first meeting was brief.
• A chance meeting changed her life.
• The village stands near the meeting of two rivers.

使い方： meeting of A and B (The meeting of the two rivers creates a wide channel.)

類義語： encounter, junction

よく使う表現： first meeting, chance meeting, meeting of rivers