Keyword
building
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig338
Old form
Readings
しゃ
(97%)
(1%)
Composed of
person
earth
mouth
Used in kanji (2 in total)
throw away
store
Used in vocabulary (131 in total)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
school building; schoolhouse
lodging house
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
country town; rural town
school (building)
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
government office building
back country; remote countryside
boarding house; school dormitory
station building
school; school building; schoolhouse
town hall; city hall
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
official residence
country living; life in the country; country life
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
camp; barracks
prison (building); jail
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
cow shed; cattle barn
quarters; barracks
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
school; school building; schoolhouse
dormitory dean
poultry house
rustic; country-style
farm house; country cottage
place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines
cattle shed; barn
kennel; doghouse
hotel; inn; lodging
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
official residence
hospital; infirmary; ward
provincial theatrical performance
bureau; office building
building; house
country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire
country dweller
provincial dialect; rural dialect
to become rustic; to become countrified
temple; monastery; convent
entering a dormitory
building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
barn; stable
pigpen; pigsty
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
pain de campagne; French sourdough
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
to appear rustic; to become countrified
barn; stable
front company (for an organized crime operation)
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
provincial accent
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
provincial; rural; parochial; small-town; unsophisticated
rustic bathhouse (esp. at onsen)
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
provincial (country) millionaire
new government office
billeting; quarters
(theatrical) provincial tour
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
dormitory maintenance fee
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
country; country home
one's elder brother
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
rusticity; provincialism
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
barracks; cantonment; temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises)
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
continuing day and night
poultry shed
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
cooked white rice
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
Vaishya; Vaisya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste)
large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
Epsom salts; magnesium sulfate
three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
small house
standard measurement for the distance between pillars in eastern Japan (approx. 182 cm); Kanto-size tatami mat (approx. 176 cm by 88 cm)
chemistry
Examples (89 in total)
You must not run in the school buildings.
You will soon be used to rural life.
The old cottage has a certain charm about it.