財閥ざいばつ (zaibatsu)

財閥ざいばつは政治せいじに影響えいきょう力りょくを持もつ

The zaibatsu hold influence over politics.

財閥としての色彩は薄かった。

Its status as a zaibatsu wasn't very significant.

住友家（すみともけ）は住友財閥の創業者一族。

The Sumitomo Family is the founding family of Sumitomo Zaibatsu.

こうした過程を通じ、財閥の形成が促されたのだった。

These process urged the formation of Zaibatsu (a financial combine).

その一方で、一部の大地主や財閥は資本を蓄積し、その中から初期資本家が現れる契機となった。

On the other hand, some large landowners and Zaibatsu accumulated capital, taking the opportunity to become primitive stage capitalists.

但し、三井財閥のように、財閥家族と財閥本社役員及び傘下企業の間に一種の緊張関係があった訳ではなかった。

However, this does not mean there was any kind of tension between the Zaibatsu Family and executives of the Zaibatsu main company or the subsidiary companies, as the Mitsui Zaibatsu had.

四大財閥に、連合国軍最高司令官総司令部による財閥解体指令を受けた11財閥を加えたものを、特に十五大財閥と呼ぶ。

The four major zaibatsu, together with the 11 zaibatsu that were ordered dismantled by the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers (GHQ) are referred to as the 15 major zaibatsu.

また、呉錦堂財閥や小曽根財閥のように中心的な生産事業を保有せず、統轄司令部としての持ち株会社が、様々な企業に投資することで財閥を形成する多角的投資財閥がある。

However, there is also the diversified investment zaibatsu, such as Gokindo Zaibatsu and Ozone Zaibatsu, which doesn't have a core production business but is instead a holding company as the controlling headquarters, which invests in various enterprises to form a zaibatsu.

日本では第二次世界大戦前に三井財閥・三菱財閥・住友財閥・安田財閥などの財閥があったが、敗戦後、連合国軍最高司令官総司令部の指令により分散させられた（財閥解体）。

In Japan, there were several zaibatsu prior to World War II, including Mitsui Zaibatsu, Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, Sumitomo Zaibatsu and Yasuda Zaibatsu, but after the war they were dismantled by the order of the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers (GHQ) (i.e., the dissolution of Zaibatsu).