内部留保

• 読み: ないぶりゅうほ
• ローマ字: naiburyuho
• 漢字の分解: 内 (nai) — inside; 部 (bu) — part, section; 留 (ryu) — to retain; 保 (ho) — to keep
• 発音: /na.i.bɯ.ɾʲɯ.ː.ho/

意味

Retained earnings; internal reserves. Corporate profits kept within the company rather than distributed to shareholders.

An accounting noun referring to after-tax earnings retained by a corporation to fund future investment, weather downturns, or repay debt. Japanese corporations have long been criticised for accumulating excessive 内部留保 instead of raising wages or returning capital to shareholders. A focal point in corporate governance reforms and wage increase policy debates in contemporary Japan.

例文

1. 大企業が積み上げた内部留保を賃上げに活用すべきだという声が高まっている。
2. 内部留保が厚い会社は景気後退の局面でも経営が安定しやすい。
3. 株主から内部留保の取り崩しを求める提案が総会で出された。

使い方ガイド

場面: accounting, corporate governance, economics

トーン: technical

起源と歴史

From 内部 (naibu, internal) and 留保 (ryuho, retention, reservation). The compound precisely describes profits retained 'internally' within the company rather than paid out.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Business professionals

社会的背景: Corporate, financial