複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょう

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

conglomerate; group of companies

A business term for a large corporation made up of diverse, often unrelated, subsidiaries operating under a single parent company.

その複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょうは、食しょく品ひんから金きん融ゆう

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広ひろ

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That conglomerate operates a wide range of businesses, from food to finance.

複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい戦せん略りゃくは多た角かく化かが鍵かぎとなる。

Diversification is key to a conglomerate's management strategy.

Kanji

複duplicate, double, compound
合fit, suit, join
企undertake, scheme, design
業business, vocation, arts

Related words

コングロマリット
A direct loanword from English, often used in financial contexts. 複合企業 is the native Japanese equivalent and may feel slightly more formal or explanatory.
企き業ぎょうグループ
Refers to a business group or keiretsu, which may involve cross-shareholding and looser ties, whereas 複合企業 implies a single consolidated entity with diverse subsidiaries.

Word family

巨きょ大だい複ふく合ごう企き業ぎょう
large conglomerate; large group of related companies

Built from

複ふく合ごう+企き業ぎょう

Etymology

Compound of 複合 (fukugō, 'compound, composite') and 企業 (kigyō, 'enterprise, corporation'). The term is a modern business coinage, likely calqued from English 'conglomerate'.