拓たく殖しょく銀ぎん行こう

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Meanings

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noun

Takushoku Bank

company name

Proper noun referring to a specific historical Japanese bank. Not a general term.

拓たく殖しょく銀ぎん行こうはかつて北ほっ海かい道どうに存そん在ざいした銀ぎん行こうです。
Takushoku Bank was a bank that once existed in Hokkaido.

拓clear (the land), open, break up (land)

殖augment, increase, multiply

銀silver

行going, journey, carry out

Etymology

Compound of 拓殖 (たくしょく, 'colonization/development') and 銀行 (ぎんこう, 'bank'). The name reflects the bank's historical role in financing development projects.