企業|きぎょうkigyou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounenterprise; business; company; corporation
   アメリカ企業きぎょうのトップは日本にっぽん企業きぎょうのトップに比くらべ何なん倍ばいもの報酬ほうしゅうをもらっている。↗

   CEO's of American corporations are paid several times their Japanese counterparts.

• Synonym会社かいしゃNeutralThe everyday word for a company, as in 「会社員」; more common than 「企業」, which is a broader umbrella term viewed from an economic angle.
• SynonymカンパニーCasualLoanword for a company; seen mostly in company names and rarely used on its own in everyday speech.
• SynonymコーポレーションWrittenLoanword for a corporation as a legal entity; appears mostly in company names and is not used on its own in daily speech.
• SynonymビジネスNeutralLoanword for business or commerce, as in 「ビジネスマン」; unlike 「企業」 it names the activity, not the firm.
• Synonym公司コンスNeutralRefers to companies in China, read 「コンス」; used when talking about China.
• Synonym事業じぎょうNeutralAn undertaking or business operation, as in 「新規事業」; stresses the project being run rather than the firm.
• Related会社企業かいしゃきぎょうWrittenWritten, rather academic term for company-style enterprises; in everyday speech people just say 「会社」.

Default to 「企業」. In daily talk a company is 「会社」, business or commerce is 「ビジネス」, and a project or operation is 「事業」; 「カンパニー」 and 「コーポレーション」 appear mostly in company names.

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