委員会

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 委員会 is read as いいんかい and is a noun for a committee composed of members who deliberate and decide a defined matter.
• Basic usage: Discussion within a committee appears in 委員会で話し合う, while the committee choosing a final proposal appears in 委員会は最終案を選ぶ.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Setting and acting body
  • Use で for the committee as the setting of discussion and は when the committee itself acts.
• Difference from 会議
  • Unlike a meeting as an occasion for discussion, this word denotes the standing or temporary body responsible for deliberation.