noun
series; sequence; system; line
A set of things arranged or classified as one line, series, sequence, or system. Common in technical, organizational, and everyday classification contexts.
異なる系列のデータを同じグラフに表示した。
We displayed data from different series on the same graph.
この製品は三つの系列に分かれている。
This product is divided into three lines.
noun
keiretsu; business group; corporate conglomeration
Business term for a Japanese-style group of companies linked by ownership, finance, trading relationships, or cross-shareholdings.
その企業は銀行を中心とする系列に属している。
That company belongs to a keiretsu centered on a bank.
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
affiliated; subsidiary; belonging to the same group
Used before another noun, often as 系列の or in compounds such as 系列会社 and 系列局, to describe an organization affiliated with a larger group.
系列の会社から技術者が派遣された。
Engineers were sent from an affiliated company.
地元の系列局が試合を中継した。
The local affiliated station broadcast the game.