総会

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 総会(そうかい) means a general meeting dealing with the affairs of an organization as a whole.
• Basic usage: It states that new directors will be selected at next month's shareholders' meeting.
  • 来月の株主総会で新しい取締役を選ぶ。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Meeting and general meeting
  • 会議(かいぎ) is broad enough to include a meeting of a few people in charge. 総会 identifies a meeting for the organization as a whole, as in 株主総会 or 自治会の総会.