斡旋

• 読み: あっせん
• ローマ字: assen
• 漢字の分解: 斡 (atsu) — facilitate, arrange; 旋 (sen) — revolve, arrange
• 発音: /as.seɴ/

意味

Mediation; good offices; the arrangement or facilitation of an agreement between parties, or the act of finding someone a job or connection.

A noun also used as a verbal noun (斡旋する — to mediate or arrange). Appears in labour law, diplomacy, and business. It implies a neutral third party facilitating a deal or resolving a dispute. Distinguished from 仲裁 (arbitration) in that 斡旋 recommendations are not legally binding. The related phrase 斡旋業者 refers to an employment or matchmaking agency.

例文

1. 労働委員会が労使間の斡旋に乗り出した。
2. 就職斡旋業者に登録して転職活動を始めた。
3. 両社の間で取引を斡旋してもらえないか相談した。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, labour relations, business, diplomacy

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 斡 means to rotate or facilitate, and 旋 means to revolve or arrange. Together they suggest the turning of affairs to bring parties into agreement.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional