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
Kanji used
building
Pitch accent
しゃ
Top 15300
Used in vocabulary (40 in total)
school building; schoolhouse
lodging house
government office building
school (building)
boarding house; school dormitory
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
town hall; city hall
station building
official residence
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
prison (building); jail
ryūsha; spherical part of a pagoda finial between the hōju and suien
quarters; barracks
cow shed; cattle barn
bureau; office building
hotel; inn; lodging
hotel; inn; lodging
bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva); grain of rice; cooked rice
building; house
hospital; infirmary; ward
official residence
barn; stable
building (physical structure) of a kindergarten, preschool, etc.
pigpen; pigsty
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building
barn; stable
one's elder brother
dormitory maintenance fee
large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples
court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace)
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