zaibatsu

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(zaibatsu) and foster the first Japanese labor unions.

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  • The estate in which he lived was owned by the Shuko Kan zaibatsu, and the village seemed subservient to it in a sense Edward didn't quite grasp, a relationship both feudal and commercial. —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • And if Japan's British allies were sold on the craft, wouldn't that make a profitable situation for the zaibatsu? —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • Several had been sold to other zaibatsu, for private enjoyment of the wealthiest members of Japanese society, and the craft could be seen winging from island to island, symbols of the better future promised by Japanese innovation. —  F ;SF - vol 096 issue 06 - June 1999
  • [They do suffer, however, from the fact that a part of the Koizumi program, ending the incestuous relationship between banks and Japan's major companies through the keiretsu - old zaibatsu - "corporate family" ties, is still in its infancy.] —  News On Japan
  • When you sit at your workstation at your desk at work, everything you do is under the motherly wing of your zaibatsu: if you navigate to the pages of a federated partner, your identity of employee of company X enshrouds you and can be used for SSOing you in. —  MSDN Blogs
 

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  1. Japanese : zai, wealth (from Middle Chinese dzəj) + batsu, powerful person or family (from Middle Chinese buat).
 

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