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Meanings

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noun

specified nonprofit corporation

A legal entity type under Japanese law, often abbreviated as NPO法人. Used in official and legal contexts.

この団だん体たいは特とく定てい非ひ営えい利り活かつ動どう法ほう人じんとして認にん証しょうされた。
This organization was certified as a specified nonprofit corporation.
特とく定てい非ひ営えい利り活かつ動どう法ほう人じんの設せつ立りつには所しょ轄かつ庁ちょうの認にん証しょうが必ひつ要ようだ。
Establishing a specified nonprofit corporation requires certification from the competent authority.

Kanji

特special
定determine, fix, establish
非un-, mistake, negative
営camp, perform, build
利profit, advantage, benefit
活lively, resuscitation, being helped
動move, motion, change
法method, law, rule
人person

Similar words

NPO法ほう人じん
Common abbreviation for 特定非営利活動法人, used in everyday conversation and less formal writing.
一いっ般ぱん社しゃ団だん法ほう人じん
A general incorporated association, another type of nonprofit legal entity, but with broader purposes and less strict public interest requirements.

Etymology

Compound of 特定 (specified), 非営利 (nonprofit), 活動 (activity), and 法人 (corporation). The term was introduced in the 1998 Law to Promote Specified Nonprofit Activities.