Translation guide
The act of forming a legal corporation or including something as part of a whole. This guide focuses on the business/legal sense of creating a company, and the general sense of including something into a larger entity.
To establish a company as a legal entity.
The standard term for incorporation of a legal entity. '法人' means corporation, '設立' means establishment.
To incorporate an element, idea, or feature into something larger.
法人設立 is strictly for legal incorporation of a company. For including features or ideas, use 組み込む or 取り入れる.
組み込む implies embedding something into a structure or system, often technically. 取り入れる implies adopting something from outside, like a method or trend. 含める is simply 'to include'.
We are proceeding with the incorporation procedures for the new company.
Specifically refers to establishing a company (株式会社 etc.). More common in everyday business contexts.
Incorporation requires the creation of articles of incorporation.
Refers to the registration process of incorporation. '登記' means registration.
The incorporation registration has been completed.
The process of turning something into a corporation (e.g., a sole proprietorship becoming a company).
I plan to incorporate my sole proprietorship.
Loanword from English, used in company names (e.g., Japan Inc.) or in international contexts. Not a verb.
Some companies add 'Incorporation' to their company name.
To incorporate, embed, or build in. Used for features, systems, elements.
We incorporated new features into the system.
Traditional elements are incorporated into this design.
To adopt, introduce, or incorporate (ideas, methods, trends). Often implies actively bringing in from outside.
We improved the product by incorporating the latest technology.
To include (as part of a list, group, or whole). More general than '組み込む'.
Please incorporate that data into the report.
To integrate or merge into a unified whole. Often used for systems, organizations, or data.
Incorporate multiple databases into a single management system.