How to say "conglomerate" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounThe loanword, for the business sense: a large corporation made up of several different, often unrelated companies. You might meet it in business news about media or industrial groups.
- 複合企業ふくごうきぎょうno-adjectiveThe kanji term for the business sense: a group of companies run as a single organization. It makes the corporate meaning explicit, unlike the loanword, and suits business and economic writing.
- 蛮岩ばんがんnounThe geological sense only: the rock made of rounded pebbles cemented together, also called pudding stone. It is never the word for a corporate conglomerate.
For the business sense use 複合企業 or the loanword 「コングロマリット」; 蛮岩 means only the geological rock of cemented pebbles, never a company.
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