Word Meaning 御前会議

Listen to 御前方

御前方

おまえがた

you (plural)

Listen to 御前試合

御前試合

ごぜんじあい

contest held in the presence of a daimyo, shogun or the Emperor

Listen to 御歌会始

御歌会始

おうたかいはじめ

annual New Year's poetry reading (held at the Imperial Court)

Listen to 御前を退く

御前を退く

ごぜんをのく

to withdraw from the presence (of the Emperor)

Listen to 会議

会議

かいぎ

meeting

Listen to 本会議

本会議

ほんかいぎ

plenary session

Listen to 日本学術会議

日本学術会議

にほんがくじゅつかいぎ

Science Council of Japan

Listen to 学術会議

学術会議

がくじゅつかいぎ

Japan Science Council

Listen to 日本会議

日本会議

にっぽんかいぎ

Nippon Kaigi (right-wing lobbying group)

Listen to 合同会議

合同会議

ごうどうかいぎ

joint session

Listen to 御斎会

御斎会

ごさいえ

imperial event at which high monks recited the Golden Light Sutra to pray for national security and good harvests (held annually at the palace from the 8th to the 14th of the first lunar month, between the Nara and Muromachi periods)

Listen to 御霊会

御霊会

ごりょうえ

ceremony to appease evil gods and the spirits of the dead