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三井財閥 (mitsuizaibatsu) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

三みつ井い財ざい閥ばつ

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Meanings

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Mitsui Zaibatsu

organization name

Historical Japanese industrial and financial conglomerate, one of the four major pre-war zaibatsu.

三みつ井い財ざい閥ばつは戦せん前ぜんの日本にほん経けい済ざいを支ささえた

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大だい

企き

業ぎょう

グループ

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The Mitsui Zaibatsu was a huge corporate group that supported the pre-war Japanese economy.

Kanji

三three
井well, well crib, town
財property, money, wealth
閥clique, lineage, pedigree

Related words

三みつ菱びし財ざい閥ばつ
Another major pre-war zaibatsu, often compared with Mitsui.
住すみ友とも財ざい閥ばつ
Another major pre-war zaibatsu, part of the 'big four' with Mitsui, Mitsubishi, and Yasuda.

Etymology

From the family name 三井 (Mitsui) and 財閥 (zaibatsu, 'financial clique').