カブ
Meanings
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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.)
Noun
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
Used in vocabulary (86 in total)
thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
stock prices
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.