Translation guide
A person involved in the ownership and management of industry, typically on a large scale.
To refer to a person who owns or runs a major manufacturing or industrial enterprise, often with significant economic influence.
The most common and neutral term for a businessperson or industrialist, covering owners and executives of large enterprises.
To describe a person known for their wealth and power derived from industrial enterprises, often with a historical or magnate connotation.
A 'great industrialist' or magnate, emphasizing large scale and prominence.
彼は日本の大実業家として知られている。
He is known as a great industrialist of Japan.
実業家 is a broader term for any businessperson, while 企業家 specifically highlights entrepreneurship and innovation. For a traditional factory owner, 実業家 is safer; for a startup founder in manufacturing, 企業家 may be more fitting.
彼は有名な実業家です。
He is a famous industrialist.
Emphasizes entrepreneurship and the founding or running of a business enterprise, often used for innovative industrialists.
その企業家は新しい工場を建設した。
The industrialist built a new factory.
A more technical term for an industrial capitalist, often used in economic or historical contexts.
19世紀の産業資本家は大きな影響力を持っていた。
The 19th-century industrialists had great influence.
A person in the financial or business world, often implying influence and connections; can be used for prominent industrialists.
その財界人は多くの会社を所有している。
That industrialist owns many companies.
Literally 'industry king', a dramatic term akin to 'captain of industry' or 'industrial magnate', used in historical or rhetorical contexts.
彼は鉄鋼産業の産業王と呼ばれた。
He was called the industrialist king of the steel industry.