営えい業ぎょう秘ひ密みつ

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Meanings

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noun

trade secret

Legal and business term for confidential information that gives a competitive advantage. Often used in contexts of intellectual property and unfair competition prevention.

営えい業ぎょう秘ひ密みつの漏ろう洩えいは法ほう律りつで厳きびしく罰ばっせられる。

Leaking trade secrets is severely punished by law.

この製せい法ほうは当とう社しゃの重じゅう要ような営えい業ぎょう秘ひ密みつです。

This manufacturing method is an important trade secret of our company.

Kanji

営camp, perform, build
業business, vocation, arts
秘secret, conceal
密secrecy, density (pop), minuteness

Related words

企き業ぎょう秘ひ密みつ
企業秘密 is a broader term for any corporate secret, while 営業秘密 specifically refers to trade secrets protected under unfair competition laws.
知ち的てき財ざい産さん
知的財産 (intellectual property) is a wider category that includes patents, copyrights, and trademarks, whereas 営業秘密 is a specific type of intellectual property.

Built from

営えい業ぎょう+秘ひ密みつ

Etymology

Compound of 営業 (business, operations) and 秘密 (secret). The term is a direct translation of the English 'trade secret' and became widely used in Japanese legal contexts with the enactment of the Unfair Competition Prevention Act.