zaikai

[ zahy-kahy ]

noun
  1. the financial community of Japan.

  2. the elite who dominate the Japanese business world.

Origin of zaikai

1
First recorded in 1965–70; from Japanese, equivalent to zai “wealth” + kai “community”; see zaibatsu

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