Kanji
Readingしゃ
Frequency91%
Used in (646 in total)
company; corporation; workplace
company president; manager; director
society; public; community; social studies
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Shinto shrine
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
social; societal; societary
social life; social intercourse
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
working adult; full-fledged member of society
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
association; society
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
newspaper company
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
executive vice-president
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
our company; my company
your company; your shrine
underworld; underside of society
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
our company; our firm
public corporation
security firm; security company
trading company
president's office; director's office
another company; other company
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
corporate drone; corporate slave
branch office
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
pharmaceutical (drug) company
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
all companies; each company
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
social meeting place; watering hole
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
social status; social position
subsidiary (company)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
company name; name of a company
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
temples and shrines
the same firm
rehabilitation (in society)
in a company; troupe
international community; international society; the world
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
magazine (company)
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
company housing; housing provided by one's company
company office building
social dance; ballroom dancing
shipping company; freight company; transport company
outside the company
contribution to society
working for a company; being employed by a company
railroad corporation; railway company
company name; corporate name
civilized society; civilised society
on the way home from work; returning from work
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip
local news section; the city desk
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
female company president; female CEO
trading company employee
disparate society; stratified society
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
staff identity card; employee ID card
company management; managing a company
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
social page (of newspaper); local news page
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
resigning from a company on marriage (of a woman)
(private) investigation company; research agency
shrines and temples
company outing; company retreat
office romance; office love affair
real world; society
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
travel agent; travel agency
whole company; all the companies
company fortunes; future of a company
vertically structured society
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
rival (company); competitor
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
telecommunications company; telco
other companies in the same business; rival firms
company business
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
staff canteen
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
social unrest; public anxiety
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
competing companies; rival companies
stratum of society
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
order from the company president
organized crime
editorial; leading article; leader
underground world; underground society
several companies
financing company; credit firm
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
both companies
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
voluntary social service
your company; your shrine
return to office
bus company; bus line
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
socio-economics; social economy
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
company newsletter
to go to the office; to be at work
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
role of a company president
young CEO; young company president
history of a company
visit to a company
steamship (shipping) company
front of (the main building of) a shrine
trouser zipper (mainly for males); fly
in-house manufactured goods
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
land owned by a Shinto shrine; land owned by a company
sales company; distributor
company badge
Socialist Masses Party
corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
private company; private corporation
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
former president of a company
joint venture (company)
township shrine
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
socialization; socialisation
certain company; unnamed company
owner of a company; head of a company
the underworld; lower ranks of society
controlled society; regulated society
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
aging society; ageing society
company funeral
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
a political organization; a political organisation
social responsibility; social accountability
belle of society; queen of high society
limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005
credit card company
academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
spirit of dedication to one's company
company policy
Council of Social Welfare
social relationship; social context
inside and outside the company
bogus company; paper company
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
company regulations
social conditions; social circumstances
sociable person
colleague; company friend
social environment; social conditions
social contract; social compact; FIS xref
corporate bond; corporate debenture
company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier
corporate juridical person; incorporated body; corporation
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
unsociable; retiring; solitude-loving
joining a company as a mid-career hire
social infrastructure
managing director; president of a company (US)
Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996)
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
company song
"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
automobile society; motorized society
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
society; social circles
company orders
one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country
employee training; employee education
cost of social security; social welfare spending
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
modern society
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)
subcontractor; subcontracting company
communal society; community
social class; social strata; social scale
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
advertising agency
travel agent; travel agency
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
associate member; junior employee
land owned by a Shinto shrine
made by one's (own) company
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
marriage between coworkers
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
competitors' products; others on the market
Socialist Masses Party
company's business
inter-office mail; intra-company mail
history of a company
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
animation studio; animation production company
societal mood; social context
listed company (on a stock exchange)
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu
adulterous love affair with someone at work
religious association
priest attached to a shrine
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
mutual aid or credit finance company
social right; economic right
society based on mutual self-interest
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
industrial company; business firm
company-internal information
licensed social worker; certified social worker
Social Democratic Party
social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer
at company's expense
corporation law; company law
shrine ranking (abolished in 1946); company ranking
abandoned Shinto shrine
social insurance
company visit; visit to a prospective employer
(electric) railroad company
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
Social Democratic Party
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
(company) announcement
attempting to change one's image when one starts working
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
government-controlled corporation
convertible (corporate) bond
village shrine
company needing reorganization (reorganisation)
low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline
profit-making company
devotion to one's company
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
special consideration for non-traditional (older) students
social welfare service corporation
social brain; social brains
wholesale company; wholesaler
resigning because of marriage
company-owned
Socialist and Communist Parties
company seal; company stamp
sales company; distributor
old shrines and temples
society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")
demutualization; becoming incorporated
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
non-fulltime employee; non-permanent employee
(material) recycling society; recycling-oriented society
official editorial viewpoint of a newspaper
company expenses; at company expense
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
foreign corporation; overseas company
social welfare service; social services; social work
corporate structure; company structure
power generation company
company-owned land
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
interoffice mail; in-house mail
denomination of a Shinto shrine; company name
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
specified purpose company; specific purpose company
anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work
Musha Incident (Taiwan; 1930); Wushe Uprising
products trading company
power supply company; power distribution company
controlling company; parent company
affiliated company; sister company
subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary
social educational facilities; community center
private railway or bus line
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
party clothes; evening clothes
bogus (phantom) employee
aborigines village
corporation; association
to be in one's office; to work for a company
Democratic Socialist Party
club (for adults, as opposed to for university students)
sociolect; social dialect
Izumo Oyashiro-kyo (sect of Shinto); Izumo Taisha-kyo
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
work experience; practical study in the real world
combined company; merged company
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
pre-literate society; non-literate society
unranked shrine
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company
safety-deposit company
wholesale company; wholesaler
limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC
shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
district-level town (Vietnam)
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
bond redemption; debenture redemption
small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
exhibiting company (at a trade show, etc.)
social differentiation
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
issuing company (e.g. of a credit card)
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
established by the company
non-dividend-paying company
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
commutative justice; justitia commutativa
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other
front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)
zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)
(power, electricity) transmission company
full parent company; wholly-owning parent company; sole parent company
non-existence of a business corporation
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
great old-timer of the firm
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
manager promoted from in-house office worker
Regional Bell Operating Company (USA); RBOC
surviving company (in a merger); surviving corporation
company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
external (to a company) communications
leaving at the convenience of the company
social business; social enterprise
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)
rolling stock (manufacturing) company
absorbed company; merged corporation
affiliated company; sister company
(former) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
monoline insurance company; monoline insurer
multiline insurance company; multiline insurer
expense-account spenders
marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)
social constructionism; social constructivism
cooperative sales company
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
unsecured (corporate) debenture
academic socialism; professorial socialism
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
fascia signage; company nameplate
public corporation set up to administer a public facility
multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems
rival company; rival corporation
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)
returning to a company where one has worked before
blue-collar; blue-collar worker (employee)
individual company; each company
spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)
ethics and civics
company guest
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)