合議
ごうぎ
consultation; conference; joint deliberation
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Examples
この件は合議の上で決めます。
このけんはごうぎのうえできめます。
We will decide this matter after consulting together.
役員が合議して方針を決定した。
やくいんがごうぎしてほうしんをけっていした。
The directors conferred and settled on a policy.
重大な事件は合議制の裁判で審理される。
じゅうだいなじけんはごうぎせいのさいばんでしんりされる。
Serious cases are tried by a panel of judges.
Common patterns
- 合議の上
- after joint consultation
- 合議制
- a collegial / panel system
- 合議して決める
- to decide by conferring together
Memory tip
Formal and often legal: a decision reached by a panel together rather than by one person, as opposed to 独任制. Ordinary discussion between people is 相談 or 話し合い.
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