Definitions For Zaibatsu

Noun

ZAIBATSU (plural s or zaibatsu) (economics) japanese term for ‘money clique’ or conglomerate, and sometimes used in the United States to refer to any large corporation.

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 財閥, sc=Hani, 财阀, tr=cáifá, sc=Hani {{qualifier, Japanese or South Korean}} Estonian: zaibatsu French: zaibatsu, m German: Zaibatsu, n Japanese: 財閥, tr=ざいばつ, zaibatsu, sc=Jpan {{qualifier, Japanese or South Korean}} Korean: 재벌, sc=Kore (財閥, sc=Kore) {{qualifier, Japanese or South Korean}} Russian: дзайба́цу, m

See also

chaebol {{qualifier, from the Korean equivalent}} keiretsu

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, ja, 財閥, , tr=zaibatsu}}, coined from {{der, en, ltc, 財, tr=d͡zoj, gloss=wealth}} + 閥, tr=bjot, gloss=powerful family. Compare {{cog, ko, 재벌}}.