かぶ
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Noun
Finance
1. stock; share
Noun
2. stump
orig. meaning
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Noun
3. (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem
4. strain (of bacteria, etc.)
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Abbreviation
5. stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
in company names; written as (株) or ㈱
Noun
Suffix
6. goodwill (of a business); privilege (that comes with a role)
7. reputation; standing; popularity
Noun
8. one's forte
usu. as お株
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (89 in total)
thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
chief; leader; head; executive
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
Examples (6 in total)
He invested a lot of money in stocks.
Stocks hit a new high.
He holds stocks in this company.
Bill has stock in that company.
The company went public and became listed on the stock exchange in 1990.
This company's stock closed at 932 yen yesterday.