zaibatsu

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzaɪˌbatˌsu/

Noun

zaibatsu (plural zaibatsus or zaibatsu)

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

Translations

a Japanese conglomerate (or South Korean)

Chinese:
Mandarin: 財閥 (zh), 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 (ko) (jaebeol) (財閥 (ko)) (Japanese or South Korean)
Russian: дзайба́цу (ru) m (dzajbácu)

See also

chaebol (from the Korean equivalent)

Further reading

zaibatsu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

zaibatsu

Rōmaji transcription of ざいばつ

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