noun
limited partnership
A type of business entity under Japanese law where some partners have unlimited liability and others have limited liability.
合資会社を設立するには、無限責任社員と有限責任社員が必要です。
To establish a limited partnership, you need general partners and limited partners.
A joint-stock company, the most common corporate form in Japan, where all shareholders have limited liability, unlike a 合資会社 which includes partners with unlimited liability.
A general partnership where all partners have unlimited liability, in contrast to the mixed liability structure of a 合資会社.
Compound of 合資 (joint investment) and 会社 (company). The term reflects the pooling of capital from partners with different liability levels.