財ざい閥ばつ

noun

zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group

Historical term especially associated with large, often family-controlled Japanese financial and industrial groups before and around the prewar period; also used in discussion of such conglomerates as a historical institution.

• 三みつ井いや三みつ菱びしは代だい表ひょう的てきな財ざい閥ばつとして知しられている。

  Mitsui and Mitsubishi are known as representative zaibatsu.

• 戦せん後ご、財ざい閥ばつの解かい体たいが進すすめられた。

  After the war, the dismantling of the zaibatsu was carried out.

noun

rich person

Colloquial, somewhat joking use for someone who seems very rich; this is much less formal than the historical/economic sense.

• あいつは財ざい閥ばつだから、飲のみ会かいではいつもおごってくれる。

  He's loaded, so he always treats us at drinking parties.