かぶ
Meanings
Counter
Noun
Finance
1. stock; share
Noun
2. stump
orig. meaning
Counter
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
Kanji used
stocks
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (93 in total)
stock prices
stump; stubble
share (in a company); stock
shareholder; stockholder
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
stock certificate
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
to rise in esteem; to become popular; to rise in value (stocks)
stock trading; stock transactions; share trading
stump; stubble
stockbroker
root division
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
stock holdings; one's shares
merchant guild entrusted by the shogunate to manage its respective trade (Edo period)
to fall in public esteem; to fall in value (stocks)
newly issued stock or share; stock issue; share issue
parent root or stock; pre-split stock or share
chief; leader; head; executive
mutant strain; mutation; variant
growth stock; person with future promise
(plant's) new bulb; new stocks; new shares
strain of microorganism
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
blue-chip stock; gilt-edged stock
coach's name-use license (licence)
company name with the "kabushiki kaisha" at the beginning
female plant
speculative stock
position of boss (big-shot)
preferred stock; preference shares
(period of) low stock prices; falling stock prices
male plant
space between plants; intrarow spacing; space between roots
over-the-counter stock
popular stock; popular share; active stock; favourite stock
sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo
base (of a plant or tree); (part near the) roots
publicly-traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
one's forte; strong point; specialty; speciality
(period of) high stock prices; rising stock prices
low-priced stock; low-level stock
(money for) stock investment
company name with the words "kabushiki kaisha" at the end
cross-held shares; cross-holdings
foreign stock; foreign equity
shares actually traded
fictitious stock
fictitious stock
registered stock
high-priced stock
controlling stock; majority shares
full subscription (of shares)
goodwill of a business
publicly subscribed shares or stock
watered stock; bogus shares
assorted stocks
high-priced stocks; blue-chip shares
rented coaching stock; stock borrowing
high-priced stocks; blue-chip shares
stock loan; lending stock
stock loan; lending stock
kabufuda (type of playing cards); tag verifying merchant guild membership (Edo period)
US stocks; U.S. stocks
old stock (in a firm)
(SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant
thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
Examples (6 in total)
He invested a lot of money in stocks.
Stocks hit a new high.
He holds stocks in this company.