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conglomerate

On-Yomi: ソウ

Koohii stories:

1) [chibimizuno] 18-8-2009(24): I have a huge conglomerate (collection) of old books I'm looking to get rid of. They're not in any particular order… some are upside down in a row, some are soiled… just look through them and take whatever you want.

2) [mcfate] 14-2-2008(10): This is similar to 業 business/profession (#1792 業), with "not yet" replaced by "take." A giant company that takes up many companies with different professions, is called a conglomerate.

3) [Crowfoot] 29-4-2008(3): The upside-down penguins in the back row are causing such a ruckus the performers on stage have to film ten takes of their commercial for the big conglomerate.

4) [Katsuo] 14-6-2009(2): Could think of the primitives as upside-down-in-a-row + sheep + take (with some strokes shared). Story: "We conglomerate (bunch together) upside-down", said the sheep, "so that predators don't take us ".

5) [EratiK] 18-9-2011(1): The word conglomerate sounds too economical to me, while agglomerate seems broader (since this kanji is also used about bushes or clouds) and more suited as keyword.

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