<entry id="2295516" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1622090</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>部会</keb>
<ke_pri>news1</ke_pri>
<ke_pri>nf03</ke_pri>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ぶかい</reb>
<re_pri>news1</re_pri>
<re_pri>nf03</re_pri>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<gloss>section meeting</gloss>
</sense>
<sense>
<pos>&n;</pos>
<pos>&n-suf;</pos>
<gloss>division (of a larger organisation)</gloss>
<gloss>department</gloss>
<gloss>section</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2024-03-21 23:32:03" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Hendrik</upd_name>
<upd_detl>I think this entry needs to be expanded: 部会, when used as a suffix, quite often (and depending on the context) means "division or section (of a larger organisation)".
For example, in our newspaper we find the expression 八漁協種苗生産部会 in a headline, which refers to an entity named 八重山漁協サンゴ種苗生産部会. Spelled out in yet more detail, this is the サンゴ種苗生産部会 (a division) of the 八重山漁業協同組合 (this headline is not refering to a meeting but to something newsworthy that group of people has done).
And some JEDIC entries of this kind:
作業部会 【さぎょうぶかい】 (n) working group; task force
金融活動作業部会 【きんゆうかつどうさぎょうぶかい】 (n) Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering
国防部会 【こくぼうぶかい】 (n) (org) National Defense Division</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2024-03-23 06:50:12" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I can see other examples.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Daijr (2 senses)</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +18,7 @@
+&lt;sense&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;n-suf;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;division (of a larger organisation)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;department&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;section&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;/sense&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>