たいしゃ
Meanings
Noun
Shinto
1. grand shrine; famous shrine
when read as "たいしゃ"
2. Izumo Grand Shrine
Pitch accent
いしゃ
Composed of
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank