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
boarding house; school dormitory
back country; remote countryside
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
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
dormitory dean
poultry house
school; school building; schoolhouse
farm house; country cottage
rustic; country-style
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
hospital; infirmary; ward
provincial theatrical performance
bureau; office building
building; house
country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire
official residence
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.
barn; stable
pigpen; pigsty
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
pain de campagne; French sourdough
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
to appear rustic; to become countrified
barn; stable
front company (for an organized crime operation)
provincial accent
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
provincial; rural; parochial; small-town; unsophisticated
rustic bathhouse (esp. at onsen)
new government office
provincial (country) millionaire
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
(theatrical) provincial tour
billeting; quarters
dormitory maintenance fee
one's elder brother
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
country; country home
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks
rusticity; provincialism
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
poultry shed
purlin (structural beam in a roof); purline; main building (of a manor); central room (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
barracks; cantonment; temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises)
even in bustling cities there are places that have a rural quality to them; (lit.) (even) Kyoto is rustic in places
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
continuing day and night
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.