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株式会社 (kabushikigaisha) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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This company is registered as a joint-stock company.
Establishing a KK requires drafting articles of incorporation.
Usage patterns 株かぶ 式しき 会がい 社しゃ を 設せつ 立りつ する to establish/incorporate a joint-stock company
Last year I incorporated a company with a friend.
株かぶ 式しき 会がい 社しゃ 〈 会かい 社しゃ 名めい 〉 used before or after a company name to mark it as a joint-stock company
This product is made by Toyota Corporation.
株かぶ 式しき 会がい 社しゃ を 経けい 営えい する to run/manage a corporation
He runs a small corporation.
株かぶ 式しき 会がい 社しゃ に 入にゅう 社しゃ する to join a corporation as an employee
She joined a major corporation.
Related words 株式会社 issues shares and is the traditional form for larger firms, while 合同会社 is a simpler, share-free LLC structure popular with small businesses.
株式会社 is the standard corporate form still used today, whereas 有限会社 was an older, simpler limited-liability form that can no longer be newly created since 2006.
会社 is the general word for 'company', while 株式会社 specifically names the legal joint-stock corporation form.
ＫＫ is the abbreviated form used in company names (e.g. 山田ＫＫ), while 株式会社 is the full, formal legal term.
Etymology Compound of 株式 (kabushiki, 'stock') + 会社 (gaisha, 'company'). The term was adopted in the late 19th century to translate Western concepts of joint-stock companies.
