三さん公こう社しゃ五ご現げん業ぎょう

noun

three public corporations and five government enterprises

Historical term referring to a specific set of state-run entities in postwar Japan: Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (the three corporations), plus postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and alcohol monopoly (the five enterprises).

• 三さん公こう社しゃ五ご現げん業ぎょうは、戦せん後ごの日本にほん経けい済ざいを支ささえた重じゅう要ような公こう的てき機き関かんだった。

  The three public corporations and five government enterprises were important public institutions that supported the postwar Japanese economy.