Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The commercial and financial community of Japan.
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- noun Collectively, the
powerful andinfluential businesspeople andtycoons ofJapan .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Japanese : zai, wealth; see zaibatsu + kai, community (from Middle Chinese kɦuaj`; also the source of Mandarin huì).]
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Japanese
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