- 寄り合い
- よりあい
a meeting* * *よりあい【寄り合い】**meeting〖C〗会合get-together〖C〗《略式》(非公式な)集まり.* * *よりあい【寄り合い】〔会合〕 a meeting; an assembly; a gathering; a party; a get-together; 〔寄り集まり〕 a group; a crowd.●町内の寄り合い a neighborhood meeting
・男[女]ばかりの寄り合い 《米》 a stag [hen] party.
●今夜町内の寄り合いがある. There's a neighborhood get-together tonight.
●寄り合いを開く hold a general get-together.
寄り合い所帯 a congeries of many households; 〔寄せ集めチーム〕 a scratch [combined] team.●寄り合い所帯をもつ keep house 《with…》
・アメリカはいろいろの人種の大きな寄り合い所帯だ. The American people are a great racial composite.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.