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zaibatsu
- /zaɪˈbætsuː/ UK
- /zaɪˈbɑtsu/ US
Rhymes with -ætsuː
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Japanese 財閥(ざいばつ) (zaibatsu), coined from Middle Chinese 財 (d͡zoj, “wealth”) + 閥 (bjot, “powerful family”).
noun zaibatsu · zaibatsus
- A large business conglomerate founded under the Empire of Japan, generally controlled by a single family or individual. He wondered briefly what it would be like, working all your life for one zaibatsu. Company housing, company hymn, company funeral.
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Any large corporation.
Near-synonyms: megacorporation, supercorporation
Similar: megacorporation, supercorporation
Translations
Talk about this word "zaibatsu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zaibatsu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. zaibatsu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zaibatsu "zaibatsu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zaibatsu.Cite this
@misc{zaibatsu_2026,
title = {zaibatsu},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zaibatsu},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
