Keyword
building
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig338
Old form舍
Readings
しゃ
(96%)
や
(1%)
Composed of
person
earth
mouth
Used in kanji (2 in total)
throw away
store
Used in vocabulary (146 in total)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
school building; schoolhouse
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
government office building
stable; cowshed
country town; rural town
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
station building
school (building)
boarding house; residence hall; dormitory
back country; remote countryside
town hall; city hall
school; school building; schoolhouse
school; school building; schoolhouse
official residence
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
country living; life in the country; country life
country-bred; raised in the country
cow shed; cattle barn
camp; barracks
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 ritsuryō system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
prison (building); jail
quarters; barracks
poultry house
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
government office-building complex
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; cornball
place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines
(uncultured) country samurai
new government office
dormitory dean
rustic; country-style
cattle shed; barn
farm house; country cottage
official residence
stable; cowshed
kennel; doghouse
stable; cowshed
hotel; inn; lodging
pigpen; pigsty
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
cram school building; dormitory for cram school students
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.
bureau; office building
building; house
country gentleman (esp. one that's slightly unrefined); squire
to become rustic; to become countrified
provincial dialect; rural dialect
hospital; infirmary; ward
provincial theatrical performance
country dweller
entering a dormitory
dovecote; dovecot; pigeon house
temple; monastery; convent
stable; barn
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
barn; stable
provincial accent
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
monk's quarters
pain de campagne; French sourdough
front company (for an organized crime operation)
state government building; provincial government building
branch government office; government building annex
to appear rustic; to become countrified
provincial; rural; parochial; small-town; unsophisticated
stable; cowshed
provincial accent
Mahavairocana (Bodhisattva)
shrine for worshiping the spirits of ancestors
rustic bathhouse (esp. at onsen)
provincial (country) millionaire
rusticity; provincialism
billeting; quarters
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
country; country home
(theatrical) provincial tour
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
person from the countryside; countryman; countryfolk; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
dormitory maintenance fee
continuing day and night
construction camp; bunkhouse; workers' living quarters
one's elder brother
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
simple syrup; solution of white sugar
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
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)
poultry shed
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
cooked white rice
chemistry
Vaishya (member of India's merchant-and-farmer caste); Vaisya
country bumpkin; yokel; hick
epsomite; Epsom salt; magnesium sulfate
large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
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)
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)
area behind a school building (often assoc. with bullying, smoking, etc.)
area behind a school building (often assoc. with bullying, smoking, etc.)
Meidensha Corporation
Examples (119 in total)
Then, nearly fifty girls had gathered in front of the school building.
And then, I ran toward the first school building.
It seems that someone came out of the school building.