noun
minutes; record of proceedings
Formal written record of what was discussed and decided at a meeting. Commonly used in business, government, and organizational contexts.
会議の後、議事録を作成してください。
Please prepare the minutes after the meeting.
議事録には決定事項がすべて記載されている。
All decisions are recorded in the minutes.
記録 is a general term for any record or log; 議事録 is specifically the minutes of a meeting.
Compound of 議事 (proceedings, business of a meeting) and 録 (record, document). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common Sino-Japanese pattern for formal records.