ざいばつ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ざいばつ – see the following entry.
財閥
[noun] (business, historical) zaibatsu (a large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual)
[noun] (business) chaebol (a large, family-controlled, South Korean business conglomerate)
(This term, ざいばつ (zaibatsu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)