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系列 (けいれつ, keiretsu) Japanese meaning: series | Kotomora
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We displayed data from different series on the same graph.
This product is divided into three lines.
Usage patterns 〈 会かい 社しゃ 〉 の 系けい 列れつ に 入はい る to become part of a company's corporate group
This supermarket chain is part of a major trading company's group.
〈 会かい 社しゃ 〉 を 系けい 列れつ 下か に 置お く to place a company under one's corporate umbrella
〈 物もの 〉 が 同おな じ 系けい 列れつ に 属ぞく する to belong to the same series or product line
〈 会かい 社しゃ 〉 と 系けい 列れつ 関かん 係けい にある to be in a keiretsu (affiliated group) relationship with a company
Related words 系統 stresses lineage, descent, or classification, while 系列 stresses an ordered series or a corporate/business affiliation.
一連 simply means 'a series of' events or items in a row, whereas 系列 also carries the sense of a structured system or organizational line.
グループ is a casual, general word for any group, while 系列 is more formal and implies an organized business or classification structure.
傘下 describes being 'under the wing' of a parent company, a narrower notion than 系列, which can describe any linked group of companies.
系列 refers to a corporate affiliation or group of related companies, while チェーン specifically means a set of stores or outlets operating under the same brand.
Word family· 21 main sequence · principal series
time series · chronological order; chronology
systematization; organization into a series; keiretsu formation
paradigmatic; prototypical; representative
Written forms 系けい 列れつ Usage 99%
Standard and common kanji spelling; no kana-only practical variant is specified.
ケイレツ Usage 1%
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 系, associated with a line, system, or connection, and 列, associated with a row or sequence. The spelling transparently matches the meanings of a series, line, or affiliated system.
The corporation has placed several small factories under its umbrella.
This car model belongs to the same series as the previous one.
This bank has a keiretsu relationship with that car manufacturer.
rock series; lithosequence
Show 5 more decay chain; decay series
orthogonal sequences
affiliate company; affiliated company
keiretsu transaction; intragroup deal; affiliated-company transaction
paradigmatic relation
