GRAMMAR DETAIL
で
Follows a meeting, event, or situation to mark the occasion or setting in which something occurs.
Examples
会議で新しい方針を決めた。
We decided on a new policy at the meeting.
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会議で新しい予定を知らせた。
We announced the new schedule at the meeting.
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入学式で校長が挨拶しました。
The principal gave a greeting at the entrance ceremony.
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Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: Add
でafter a noun naming the setting of an event, such as a meeting or ceremony. - Basic usage: It identifies the event or situation in which something happens.
会議で新しい方針を決めた。says that the meeting was the occasion on which the policy was decided.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Participation and action within an event
- In
会議に参加する, the meeting is what someone participates in; in会議で話す, it is the setting for speaking. The same event noun takes different particles depending on the verb.
- In
- Occasion and cause
入学式で挨拶するdescribes giving a greeting at an entrance ceremony. Something happening at an event does not automatically make it a result caused by that event.