株式会社
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[edit] Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
| 株 | 式 | 会 | 社 |
[edit] Etymology
株式 (“stock”) + 会社 (“corporation”)
[edit] Noun
株式会社 (hiragana かぶしきがいしゃ, romaji kabushikigaisha) (alternate reading hiragana かぶしきかいしゃ, romaji kabushikikaisha)
- a type of corporation under Japanese law, analogous to an American business corporation or British public limited company
[edit] Usage notes
The rendaku reading kabushiki gaisha is more commonly used in Japanese, while the non-rendaku reading kabushiki kaisha is more commonly used for company names and in English-language legal literature.
It can be used both as a prefix or as a suffix.
It is often abbreviated as 株, its first character; roughly, inc.; in romanization, it may be abbreviated as K.K.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] References
Kabushiki kaisha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Kabushiki kaisha- "株式会社" on Japanese Wikipedia
