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assembly hall; meeting hall
A hall where groups gather for meetings, lectures, or community events. Often a shared facility belonging to a neighborhood association, apartment complex, or temple.
集会 (assembly, gathering) + 場 (place, venue). In residential areas it usually means the plain multi-purpose room used by the local 自治会 (neighborhood association).
Common collocations
- 集会場を借りる: to rent the assembly hall
- 集会場に集まる: to gather at the assembly hall
- 地域の集会場: the community assembly hall