株主

• 読み: かぶぬし
• ローマ字: kabunushi
• 漢字の分解: 株 (kabu) — share, stock; 主 (nushi/shu) — owner, master
• 発音: /ka.bɯ.nɯ.ɕi/

意味

Shareholder; stockholder. A person or entity that owns shares in a company, and thereby holds partial ownership and certain rights.

Shareholders have rights including voting at general meetings (株主総会), receiving dividends (配当), and being entitled to residual assets on liquidation. Japanese corporate governance debates frequently concern the balance between 株主 interests and those of employees or society. 大株主 (major shareholder) and 少数株主 (minority shareholder) are important variants.

例文

1. 株主総会で経営陣の報酬案に対して反対票が過半数を超えた。
2. 機関投資家が大株主として経営に影響を与えるケースが増えている。
3. 株主への利益還元を優先する方針を、社長が決算説明会で明言した。

使い方ガイド

場面: corporate governance, investing, company law, business news

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 株 (share) and 主 (owner, master). Directly parallels the English 'shareholder' in concept. The term became standardised as joint-stock companies proliferated in the Meiji era.

文化的背景

時代: Meiji–Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Business/Finance