討議

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 討議, read とうぎ, means examining an issue by exchanging views.
• Basic usage: It is used when a committee discusses budget allocation or examines views before approving new rules.
  • 委員会は予算の配分について三時間討議した。

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Discussion topic and agreement
  • について in 予算の配分について marks the topic under discussion.
  • 討議した states that discussion took place; it does not by itself say that agreement was reached.