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Keyword
company
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1173
Old form社
Readings
しゃ
(91%)
じゃ
(7%)
Composed of
礻
altar
土
earth
Mnemonic

When you join a Japanese company it's like joining a cult. You'll have to worship the earth on which your boss walks on, and treat the meeting room table like a sacred altar, or else you'll get violently bullied and ostracized.

Used in vocabulary (917 in total)
society; public; community; social studies
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
company president; manager; director
914 more...
Examples (200 in total)
Do you know that company?
Yes, I had it made by one of my father's companies.
He holds an important position in the company.
He was forced out of the company.
Are you serious about taking tomorrow off from work?
I had just come home from work.
He works like a slave to his company.
Is it better to follow what the company has decided?
It is a situation that calls the company's trustworthiness into question.
That person is close to the company president, so be careful.
This time it is a different company president.
It is all my responsibility, as the company president.
Everyone calls the company president "the old man."
The president is in a meeting at the moment.
He ended up dipping into the company's money.
This company is at the leading edge of technology.
It seems that that dissatisfaction turned into anger toward society.
I want to make the case that we should aim for a society that values that more.
It did not become a society where one could live with peace of mind.
In Japanese society, youth is the most important.
The boss's temper is really scary.
It is young people who will build the society of tomorrow.
He worked as the company president's loyal right hand.
During the lunch break, I went outside the workplace.
We terminated our contract with the company.
He's trying to get close to the company president.
The company has reached the next stage of its growth.
Alright, let's try going to the Shinto shrine tomorrow.
By the time I left the shrine, the sun had completely set.
I left the shrine and returned to the street.
A client is coming to the office today.
I came back to the company.
There are no people around the Shinto shrine.
I check the company's incomings and outgoings.
This company doesn't have a long history yet.
If you do something that inconsiderate, the company will punish you.
At my current company, I work as a temp.
Is it your boss at work?
The government intends to hold the company responsible.
My older brother took over the company.
It seems he has just returned to the company.
You wanted to part with that company.
If we paid full price for everything, the company would go under in no time.
Are you okay with the company going bankrupt?!
Because I want you to be healthy, more than I care about society's rules.
At the meeting, the president's and the department head's views clashed head-on.
He stepped down as company president.
This year my father stepped down from his post as company president.
My father retired from the company last year.
It's hard being tied down by the company even on days off.
This company grows every year.
This coffee shop is close to the office.
And then, your partner dissolved the company.
This company dominates the domestic market.
I hear that company is on shaky ground financially.
I run a company.
The entire floor here serves as the office of the management company.
This song reflects the mood of society at the time.
I got kicked out of my company, and now I'm looking for work.
Society as a whole became unstable.
He is not yet an employee of our company.
I am responsible for the lives of my employees.
It was after all the employees had gone home.
I am an employee here.
The president is under pressure from the employees.
The president is nothing but the chairman's puppet.
The previous company president was a very strict person.
That matter has been an unresolved issue for the company for years.
From around the corner came the bubbly voices of the female staff.
I stopped by the bank on my way to work.
The company was in a room in an office building.
And I must take on the responsibility of running the company in the future.
Everyone from the president down attended the meeting.
Apparently the company president's daughter has been kidnapped.
At this company, anyone can voice their opinion regardless of rank.
I took over my father's company and was extremely busy.
The two rival companies finally joined hands.
The president still can't forget a dream from the old research days.
Many employees have grievances about their pay.
There are whispers that the company president will retire.
My father failed in business and ran his company into the ground.
I left the company I had worked at for many years and went independent.
The boss is in a bad mood today.
The first president of this company was my grandfather.
And in the society of that time, there existed a class called nobility.
Once you enter society, work takes up most of your life.
What kind of impact will that system have on society once it starts?
I want to change this company's old-fashioned culture.
I'm worried about the company's future.
The company called in an outside expert.
I hear he took over the company.
She is counted on as the company's star performer.
This company has a monopoly on selling the parts.
Once you graduate, will you join my company and be my right-hand man?
When a guy like that leaves the company, the numbers slowly start to drop.
He had been skimming money from the company.
If that happens, we certainly cannot earn enough income just to maintain the shrine.
It's a company we've been dealing with for generations.
It is possible that his parents' social status had an influence.
It makes one want to doubt whether they are truly social creatures.
I want to be seen as respectable in society!
The company tried to cover up the accident.
The company strengthened its measures against sexual harassment.
I hear that company president keeps a mistress.
The employees, united as one, overcame the difficulties.
My father works as an adviser to a company.
If this doesn't work, I'll quietly close down the company.
Is it a company rule?
This year I had interviews at five companies.
I heard he had a heated argument with the boss about that just the other day, too.
That company has stores all over the country.
Japanese companies have strong hierarchical ties.
The company tried to cover up that fact.
Are you saying that employees should be sacrificed for that purpose?
Employees without a managerial title can't attend the meeting.
I am the acting president!
He's prepared to go down with this company.
I will assume the position of acting president.
This is already company-owned land.
We've only just set up the company, so you can't turn down any work that comes in.
The company incorporation is complete.
We are establishing a new company!
It seems they started a company together.
The company is raising salaries starting next month.
It is gradually permeating society.
The employee who engaged in misconduct was disciplined.
Rumor has it that the company president slept with the secretary.
He works at a company during the day and, at the same time, goes to university at night.
There were employees who qualified.
The current president has worked at this company since a young age.
I'm worried about the company's survival.
I can't even picture that guy as a working adult in the first place.
That's what a healthy, well-adjusted working adult is like.
I intend to become a working adult who can do at least that much.
In other words, it is a duty as a working adult.
It was like a working adult's greeting, but it was a bit endearing.
Once you become a working adult, it is taken for granted that you own a car.
But that would result in the loss of the company's assets in terms of human resources.
His enthusiasm moved the company president.
I am on my way to the head office now.
Are you returning to the head office?
I am supposed to go to the head office.
I'm being moved to the head office in Tokyo starting next month.
It is a company experiencing explosive growth.
He reported his company's wrongdoing to the authorities.
There are three manufacturers, you know.
A gust of wind blew as I passed by the shrine I always go past.
It would be pointless if the person who matters most fell from the president's seat.
A movement to rid society of drugs is spreading.
The company launched a new business.
The company president treats all the employees equally.
In this country, which is a rigid class society, I was no exception.
Two gods are enshrined at this shrine.
The company going under is the management's fault.
I think the location is a shrine within the Tokyo metropolitan area.
He was fired for helping himself to company money.
Since joining the company, I haven't taken a single day off.
Even ten years after joining the company, he's still a rank-and-file employee.
The company established a foothold in the Asian market.
They plotted the president's downfall.
When you pray at a shrine, you clap your hands twice.
You are a company employee, aren't you?
The only way to be recognized by society is to become a company employee.
I know it painfully well because I worked as a company employee for a long time.
The family is the smallest unit of society.
I got job offers from three companies.
The company logo is painted on the plane's fuselage.
This company's fiscal year runs from April to March.
He holds the real power in the company.
Our company has a relaxed dress code.
According to the company president, they plan to open a new shop next year.
My father's company went into decline because of the recession.
My older brother works for a company in the finance sector.
That company values character more than academic background.
The president gave a long speech at the morning assembly.
Employees came down with the flu one after another.
After delivering the message, the secretary withdrew from the president's office.
He thrust his letter of resignation at the company president.
With government backing, the company grew rapidly.
He took that as his chance to quit the company.
When the term expired, the president left the company.
That company will launch a new product on the market next month.
Companies are launching new smartphone models one after another.
New employees receive three months of training.
The company president gave the new employees a few words of encouragement.
The company will cover transportation expenses.
The izakaya was full of middle-aged guys on their way home from work.
Well, since I am technically the president of the company, there are all sorts of things going on, haha.
In this newspaper's opinion poll, the approval rating fell.
A rival company poached one of our best employees.
The president sent the secretary away and spoke with me alone.
That company has recently branched out into real estate as well.
The negotiations between the two companies ended in failure.
The company president is surrounded by fawning subordinates.
We would like you to join our company.
Do you have something to do with that company?
That company makes cars.
I like the company.
In this firm, women work on equal terms with men.
This company is my life.