How do you say and spell "gathering place" in Japanese pinyin (not characters)?

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Request for Question Clarification by jenjerina-ga on 30 Sep 2002 16:12 PDT

Hi, 

Pinyin is the system to spell out characters in Chinese, not Japanese.
In Japanese this is called Romaji. So is your question:

a) How do you say and spell "gathering place" in Japanese romaji
or b) How do you say and spell "gathering place" in Chinese pinyin

Thanks,

Jenjerina

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Clarification of Question by lex123-ga on 01 Oct 2002 20:23 PDT

Thank you for the clarification. Romaji please.

Hi lex123,

If you go to http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?1C
and put in 'meeting place' without the quotes, and press Begin Search,
you'll be presented with a list of words.

You can see the kanji and hiragana if your browser allows it. Here's
how you pronounce them.

1st entry : place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held
(pronounced as kaisaichi)
3rd entry : meeting place; assembly hall (pr. shyukaijyo)
4th entry : meeting place; club (pr. kaijyo)
5th entry : meeting; meeting place; geisha entertaining room (pr.
machiaii)
7th entry : meeting place; seats for the public; restaurant dinner 
(pr. kaiseki)
8th entry : assembly hall; meeting place; the grounds (pr. kaijyou)
9th entry : meeting-place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly)
point; appointed (designated) place (pr. shyugoubasho)

Hope this helps.

If by "pinyin" you mean transliteration into Japanese, then it would
be: "gazaringu pureisu." English words are often Japanized in this way
(e.g., "shattoru" for badminton shuttlecock, "howaito" for white).
Although I've never heard  "gazaringu pureisu" and I live in Japan,
"gathering" and "place" are two words common enough that they might be
transliterated and understood here in Japan.