Usage patterns 〈 法ほう 人じん 〉 を 設せつ 立りつ する to establish a corporation/legal entity
We established a corporation for the new business.
〈 法ほう 人じん 〉 として 登とう 録ろく する to register as a legal entity
The organization is registered as a non-profit legal entity.
法ほう 人じん 税ぜい を 納おさ める to pay corporate tax
Companies must pay corporate tax every year.
〈 法ほう 人じん 〉 の 代だい 表ひょう 者しゃ the representative of a legal entity
The representative of the corporation signed the contract.
Related words 会社 is the everyday word for a company, while 法人 is the broader, formal legal term that also covers foundations, associations, and other juridical persons.
法人 is the broad legal term for any corporate entity, while 社団 specifically denotes an association of members recognized as a corporate body.
法人 is the broad legal term for any incorporated body, whereas 財団 specifically denotes an asset-based, non-membership foundation.
法人 is the legal term for a juridical/incorporated entity, while コーポレーション emphasizes the corporate identity in a more casual, name-like way.
法人 is a legal term for any incorporated entity, including non-profits, while 企業 specifically emphasizes commercial business activity.
Opposites 法人 is an artificial legal entity like a company, while 自然人 refers to a real, living human being under the law.
法人 is a legal entity such as a corporation, the direct legal counterpart to 個人 as a natural person.
Word family· 38 public corporation; juridical person
we (of a corporation); our company; this organization
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a public body)
legal personality; corporate status
for corporate use; for business use
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private corporation; private incorporated body
intermediate corporation; semicommercial corporation; seminonprofit corporation
public-service corporation; charitable corporation · juridical person working for the public good
domestic corporation; corporation established under domestic law
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Etymology Compound of 法 (law) and 人 (person), literally 'law person'. A Meiji-era calque from Western legal terminology.
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