司会

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 司会 means guiding the proceedings of an event or meeting, or the person doing so.
• Basic usage: It is used for hosting a wedding or for an event proceeding at the host’s signal.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinguishing 司会 and 社会
  • Event hosting is 司会, read しかい; society is 社会, read しゃかい. Their Japanese spellings and readings differ, although the Korean translations share one form.