資 本 家(しほんか)

しほんか

noun

capitalist

formaleconomics person

1. capitalist

A person who owns capital and invests it in business, especially as contrasted with the workers in Marxist and labor-history writing.

資本家(しほんか)と労働者(ろうどうしゃ)。

Capitalists and workers.

彼(かれ)は大(だい)資本家(しほんか)の家(いえ)に生(う)まれた。

He was born into a family of wealthy capitalists.

マルクスは、資本家(しほんか)が労働者(ろうどうしゃ)から利益(りえき)を得(え)る仕組(しく)みを分析(ぶんせき)した。

Marx analyzed how capitalists make their profit from workers.

資本(しほん) (capital) + 家(か) (person engaged in). The person, not the doctrine: 'capitalism' is 資本主義(しほんしゅぎ).

Common collocations

資本家(しほんか)階級(かいきゅう): the capitalist class
資本家(しほんか)と労働者(ろうどうしゃ): capitalists and workers

Similar words

投資家(とうしか): investor — the neutral modern word
経営者(けいえいしゃ): business owner, manager

Related Words

Compare: 投資家(とうしか) (investor)

Compare: 経営者(けいえいしゃ) (business owner, manager)

Related: 資本主義(しほんしゅぎ) (capitalism)

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Added 2026.10.3 16:34 · Revised 2026.10.11 3:34

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