系列
Meanings
keiretsu; business group; corporate conglomeration
Business term for a Japanese-style group of companies linked by ownership, finance, trading relationships, or cross-shareholdings.
That company belongs to a keiretsu centered on a bank.
noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
affiliated; subsidiary; belonging to the same group
Used before another noun, often as 系列の or in compounds such as 系列会社 and 系列局, to describe an organization affiliated with a larger group.
Engineers were sent from an affiliated company.
The local affiliated station broadcast the game.
Usage patterns
- 〈会社〉の系列に入るto become part of a company's corporate group
This supermarket chain is part of a major trading company's group.
- 〈会社〉を系列下に置くto place a company under one's corporate umbrella
The corporation has placed several small factories under its umbrella.
- 〈物〉が同じ系列に属するto belong to the same series or product line
This car model belongs to the same series as the previous one.
- 〈会社〉と系列関係にあるto be in a keiretsu (affiliated group) relationship with a company
This bank has a keiretsu relationship with that car manufacturer.