しゃ
Meanings
Suffix
1. hut; house
Noun
Abbreviation
2. boarding house; school dormitory
3. one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
in the ancient Chinese army
Pitch accent
しゃ
Used in vocabulary (41 in total)
station building
building; house
government office building
building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.
lodging house
cow shed; cattle barn
boarding house; school dormitory
bureau; office building
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
school building; schoolhouse
school building; schoolhouse
barn; stable
school (building)
barracks
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
town hall; city hall
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
official residence
prison (building); jail
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
quarters; barracks
dormitory
hotel; inn; lodging
hotel; inn; lodging
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
hospital; infirmary; ward
official residence
barn; stable
pigpen; pigsty
residence
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
one's elder brother
dormitory maintenance fee
large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace)
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
three days' march (approx. 36.5 km)
small house
chemistry