zaibatsu

See also: Zaibatsu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”). Compare Korean 재벌(財閥) (jaebeol).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪˌbætsu/

Noun

zaibatsu (plural zaibatsus or zaibatsu)

(economics) A Japanese ‘money clique’ or conglomerate; (by extension) in the United States, any large corporation.
- 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 37:
  He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu. Company housing, company hymn, company funeral.

Translations

a Japanese conglomerate (or South Korean)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財閥／财阀 (zh) (cáifá) (Japanese or South Korean)
Estonian: zaibatsu (et)
French: zaibatsu (fr) m
German: Zaibatsu n
Japanese: 財閥 (ja) (ざいばつ, zaibatsu) (Japanese or South Korean)
Korean: 재벌(財閥) (ko) (jaebeol) (Japanese or South Korean)
Russian: дзайба́цу (ru) m (dzajbácu)

See also

chaebol (from the Korean equivalent)
keiretsu

Further reading

zaibatsu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

zaibatsu

Rōmaji transcription of ざいばつ

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