English Explanatory Dictionary

keiretsu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A set of Japanese companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings.

Pronunciation

/keɪˈɹɛtsu/

Word forms

keiretsu keiretsus

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 系列(けいれつ) (keiretsu, literally “system, series”), from Middle Chinese 繫 (ɣèj, “attached”) + 列 (ljet, “set, row”) (compare Mandarin 系列 (xìliè, “series, set”)).

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