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zaikai

[ zahy-kahy ]

noun

  1. the financial community of Japan.
  2. the elite who dominate the Japanese business world.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of zaikai1

First recorded in 1965–70; from Japanese, equivalent to zai “wealth” + kai “community”; zaibatsu ( def )

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