society; public; community; social studies
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
company president; manager; director
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
social; societal; societary
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
working adult; full-fledged member of society
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
all companies; each company
international community; international society
social life; social intercourse
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
another company; other company
underworld; underside of society
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
security firm; security company
your company; your shrine
this company; this firm; this shrine
travel agent; travel agency
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
president's office; director's office
social status; social position; social standing
company name; name of a company
(private) investigation company; research agency
rehabilitation (in society)
former president (of a company); former CEO
railroad corporation; railway company
shipping company; freight company; transport company
social meeting place; watering hole
corporate drone; corporate slave
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
sales company; distributor
maintenance company; management company; proprietary company
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
social studies (school subject)
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
cost of social security; social welfare spending
company management; managing a company
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline
company name; corporate name
company housing; housing provided by one's company
social dance; ballroom dancing
the whole company; all the companies
socio-economics; social economy
local news section; the city desk
working for a company; being employed by a company
outside director; independent director
editorial; leading article; leader
the same company; the said firm; the same (Shinto) shrine; the said shrine
on the way home from work; returning from work
disparate society; stratified society
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
Japanese Red Cross Society; JRC
educational visit (e.g. by a class); field trip
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
civilized society; civilised society
social welfare service corporation
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
all staff; all employees; all workers
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
corporate bond; corporate debenture
idea commonly accepted by society; socially accepted idea
steamship (shipping) company
The Asahi Shimbun Company
general incorporated association
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
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
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
economy and society; economic aspects of society
company outing; company retreat
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
female company president; female CEO
social order; public order
person unfit for society; misfit
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
staff identity card; employee ID card
resigning from a company on marriage (of a woman)
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
staff cafeteria; staff canteen
social page (of newspaper); local news page
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
private military company; mercenary group
social unrest; public anxiety
large company; major corporation; company with over 500 million yen in capital or over 20 billion yen in liabilities
other companies in the same business; rival firms
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
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
vertically structured society; hierarchical society
aging society; ageing society
rival (company); competitor
company fortunes; future of a company
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
competing companies; rival companies
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
president and chief executive officer
corporate juridical person; incorporated body; corporation
office romance; office love affair
wholesale company; wholesaler
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
Inari shrine; shrine dedicated to Inari
telecommunications company; telco
company information session
subcontractor; subcontracting company
social responsibility; social accountability
employee training; employee education
building company; construction company; architectural firm
Central Social Insurance Medical Council
financing company; credit firm
shrine enshrining several gods
industrial company; business firm
in-house manufactured goods
order from the company president
underground world; underground society
private company; private corporation
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
role of a company president
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
licensed social worker; certified social worker
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
corporate law; company law; Companies Act
young CEO; young company president
Corporate Reorganization Act
social consciousness; social awareness
limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK
wholesale company; wholesaler
animation studio; animation production company
person who has recently entered the workforce (after completing education); new working adult
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
gōdō gaisha; Japanese LLC; GK; form of business modeled after the American limited liability company
aging society; ageing society; graying society
house brand; (a company's) own brand; store brand
social environment; social conditions
company secret; information for internal use only
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
super-aged society; superannuated society
political organization (organisation)
inside and outside the company
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
public-service corporation; charitable corporation
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
to go to the office; to be at work
returning to the office; returning to one's workplace
controlled society; regulated society
rank-and-file employee; regular employee
fly (on trousers); flies; zipper
certain company; unnamed company
your company; your shrine
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
front of (the main building of) a shrine
becoming an issue of public concern; becoming a societal problem
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
automobile society; motorized society
academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records
functioning of society; functions of society
super-ageing society (aging)
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
owner of a company; head of a company
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
belle of society; queen of high society
socialization; socialisation
the underworld; lower ranks of society
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
amateur team; non-professional team; company team
made by one's (own) company
Japan Post (2003-2007) (abbr)
spirit of dedication to one's company
social relationship; social context
contract employee (esp. one rehired after mandatory retirement)
managing director; president of a company (US)
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
shrine honoring war dead; shrine honouring war dead
joining a company as a mid-career hire
social conditions; social circumstances
unsociable; retiring; solitude-loving
bogus company; paper company
guarantor; guarantor company
company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier
societal mood; social context
land owned by a Shinto shrine; land owned by a company
Japanese Council of Social Welfare
Democratic Socialist Party
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
travel agent; travel agency
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
(material) recycling society; recycling-oriented society
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
company information; corporate profile; company brochure
competitors' products; others on the market
corporate structure; company structure
Council of Social Welfare
company song; corporate anthem
social class; social strata; social scale
social security number (USA); SSN
history of a company; one's career with a company; length of service in a company
person unfit for society; misfit
antisociality; antisocial nature
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
inter-office mail; intra-company mail
marriage between coworkers
colleague; company friend
social contract; social compact; FIS xref
Japan Socialist Party (1945-1996; succeeded by the Social Democratic Party of Japan); JSP
issuing company (e.g. of a credit card)
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
listed company (on a stock exchange); publicly traded company
associate member; junior employee
land owned by a Shinto shrine
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
communal society; community
representative partner; senior partner; senior employee empowered to represent a company
corporate social responsibility; CSR
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
Japan College of Social Work
demutualization; becoming incorporated
"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
day room (e.g. on a liner); lounge; social hall
subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu
(electric) railroad company
company-internal information
social inequality; social disparity; social divide
social right; economic right
adulterous love affair with someone at work
company visit; visit to a prospective employer
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
social implementation; using the results of research and development to solve social problems
priest attached to a shrine
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
security firm; security company
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
Socialist and Communist Parties
social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer
Dark Ocean Society (1881-1946); Black Ocean Society
one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
society based on mutual self-interest
mutual aid or credit finance company
Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund
social welfare service; social services; social work
organized crime syndicate; criminal group; (lit.) antisocial group
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha (publisher)
shrine ranking (abolished in 1946); company ranking
representative executive vice-president
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
Hokkaido Social Welfare Association
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
social anxiety disorder; SAD
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
British East India Company
non-fulltime employee; non-permanent employee
company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)
attempting to change one's image when one starts working
government-controlled corporation
day one goes to work (as opposed to a holiday, working from home, etc.); office day; in-office workday
Chugoku Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company); China News Service (news agency)
antisocial personality disorder; ASPD
sales company; distributor
company needing reorganization (reorganisation)
Doushisha Women's University
individual company; each company
social educational facilities; community center
social credit system (China); social credit
company seal; company stamp
Japan Post Co., Ltd.; JP Post
social brain; social brains
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR; Soviet Union
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)
Seibundo Shinkosha (publishing company based in Tokyo)
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
social survey; social research
interoffice mail; in-house mail
resigning because of marriage
special consideration for non-traditional (older) students
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
being in the office; being at work; working for a company; being an employee
transport company; forwarding agency
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
official editorial viewpoint of a newspaper
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")
president and chief executive officer; president and CEO
Society for the Study of Social Policy
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Social Democratic Federation
sociolect; social dialect
specified purpose company; specific purpose company
The Graduate School of Information & Communication
subcontractor; subcontracting company
investment company; investment firm; hedge fund firm
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
training of new employees
power supply company; power distribution company
company expenses; at company expense
sociology of language; sociolinguistics
denomination of a Shinto shrine; company name
surviving company (in a merger); surviving corporation
devotion to one's company
UN Economic and Social Council
foreign corporation; overseas company
spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
controlling company; parent company
limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC
Musha Incident (Taiwan; 1930); Wushe Uprising
Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare; JSSSW
Zenkoku Suiheisha (Burakumin rights organization; 1922-1942); National Levelers' Association
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd.; CJIAC
party clothes; evening clothes
background check for links to organized crime
affiliated company; sister company
Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd
Nazism; national socialism
Burakumin rights organization (1922-1942)
Japan Monopoly Corporation
social-anxiety disorder; SAD
private railway or bus line
work experience; practical study in the real world
anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
Japan Electronic Computer Company
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
bond redemption; debenture redemption
district-level town (Vietnam)
phenomenological sociology
manager promoted from in-house office worker
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
shrine enshrining several gods
person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
previous company (where one worked); previous employer; previous job
Japan Sociological Society
antisocial personality disorder
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
person suspected of multiple wrongdoings
club (for adults, as opposed to for university students)
shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
Basic Act on Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society
combined company; merged company
Izumo Oyashiro-kyo (sect of Shinto); Izumo Taisha-kyo
pre-literate society; non-literate society
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
Poplar Co. Ltd. (convenience store chain)
Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development (JPC-SED)
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
social anxiety disorder; SAD
lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)
social-anxiety disorder; SAD
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality
Sogensha, Inc. (publisher)
small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
cooperative sales company
affiliated company; sister company
external (to a company) communications
established by the company
unsecured (corporate) debenture
non-dividend-paying company
small shrine built at a crossroads
great old-timer of the firm
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
bond with stock purchase warrant
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
long-distance telephone company
commutative justice; justitia commutativa
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; ASSR
Soviet Socialist Republic; SSR
people's socialist republic
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
blue-collar; blue-collar worker (employee)
front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)
full parent company; wholly-owning parent company; sole parent company
bond with warrant attached; warrant bond; WB
UN Economic and Social Council
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Basic Act for Gender Equal Society
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)
Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
Regional Bell Operating Company (USA); RBOC
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
proxy application company
non-existence of a business corporation
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
(power, electricity) transmission company
public corporation set up to administer a public facility
marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)
monoline insurance company; monoline insurer
multiline insurance company; multiline insurer
rival company; rival corporation
social business; social enterprise
returning to a company where one has worked before
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)
exhibiting company (at a trade show, etc.)
leaving at the convenience of the company
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
academic socialism; professorial socialism
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
new social infrastructure
fascia signage; company nameplate
socially necessary labour time
Nazism; national socialism
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
surviving company (in a merger)
absorbed company; merged corporation
absorbed company; merged corporation
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, Japan Socialist Party and New Party Sakigake (1994-1998)
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
Limited Liability Companies Act
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
(stock) company that has a board of directors
national shrine of minor grade
special independent shrine
in-house shipping; in-house parcel delivery
national shrine of middle grade
national shrine of major grade
person unfit for society; misfit
internal blog; intranet blog
mochibun gaisha; company structure which functions like a partnership
mochibun gaisha; company structure which functions like a partnership
company president's daughter
New Socialist Party of Japan
(school) field trip; educational visit (e.g. by a class)
visiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
visiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
company-provided (tool, uniform, etc.)
social camouflage; autistic masking
change of company; change of employer; change of firm; convertible bond
dissocial personality disorder
antisocial personality disorder; ASPD
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
Space Communications Corporation
European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company EADS NV
Party of European Socialists
Okinawa Television Broadcasting Corporation
Nachi-Fujikoshi Corporation
Japanese Society for Environmental Sociology
Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.; KIAC
Kansai Sociological Association
Kantoh Sociological Society
National Economic and Social Development Board
Society of Economic Sociology; SOES
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary; Green Goddess (GG)
Bond Underwriter's Association
Advanced Information and Telecommunication Society Headquarters; Headquarters for Promotion of Advanced Information and Communications Society
International Sociological Association
International Social Security Association
International Federation of Red Cross
International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation
National Institute of Economic and Social Research
UN Research Institute for Social Development
Sankei Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
Japanese Association of Sociolinguistic Sciences
Social Welfare and Medical Service Corporation
Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund (abbr)
Social Insurance Training Institute
Social Development Research Institute
Matsushita Electronic Components Corporation
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
Japanese Association for Mathematical Sociology; JAMS
Resolution Trust Corporation
British Steel Corporation; BSC
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.; IHI
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Japan Association of Regional and Community Studies; JARCS
Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc.; TEPCO
Toshiba Information Systems
Toshiba Information Equipments Co., Ltd.; TIE
Toyo Netsu Kogyo Kaisha Limited
Nippon Idou Tsushin Corporation; IDO
Japan Society of Family Sociology; JSFS
Japan Freight Railway Company
Japan society of Educational Sociology
Nihon Keizai Shimbun Incorporated
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.; JNFL
Japan Society for Child Study
Japan Society for the Study of Adult and Community Education; JSSACE
Japan Society for Socio-Information Studies; JSIS
Japanese Society of Social Psychology; JSSP
Nippon Information and Communication Corporation
Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology; JASC
Japanese Society of Health and Medical Sociology
Japanese Association of Labor Sociology
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Plebian Society (ca. 1904)
U.S. postal service; UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
Inter-American Investment Corporation
Hokkaido Sociological Association; HSA
Meiji Dairies Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Yamaha Motor Company Limited
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation; NTT
Kobe Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Heibonsha Ltd (publishers)
Soshisha Publishing Co., Ltd.
Central News Agency (Taiwanese news agency)
Agence France-Presse; AFP