社しゃ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
Abbreviation
1. company; firm; office; association; society
Noun
Abbreviation
2. (Shinto) shrine
3. regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)
Counter
4. counter for companies, shrines, etc.
Noun
Abbreviation
5. incorporated body; corporation; corporate juridical person
as (社) before organization names
Kanji used
company
Pitch accent
しゃ
Top 3000
Used in vocabulary (165 in total)
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
company president; manager; director
society; public; community; social studies
Shinto shrine
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
social life; social intercourse
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
newspaper company
our company; my company
your company; your shrine
our company; our firm
public corporation
trading company
another company; other company
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
branch office
this company; this firm; this shrine
all companies; each company
our company; my company
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
company name; name of a company
temples and shrines
the same company; the said firm; the same (Shinto) shrine; the said shrine
in a company; troupe
company housing; housing provided by one's company
magazine (company)
company office building
outside the company
shrines and temples
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
the whole company; all the companies
company fortunes; future of a company
company badge
order from the company president
organized crime
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
company business
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
social consciousness; social awareness
staff canteen
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
both companies
editorial; leading article; leader
several companies
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
company newsletter
history of a company
your company; your shrine
visit to a company
front of (the main building of) a shrine
land owned by a Shinto shrine; land owned by a company
township shrine
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
certain company; unnamed company
owner of a company; head of a company
company funeral
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
company policy
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
corporate bond; corporate debenture
inside and outside the company
company regulations
our company; my company
Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd. (name of a publishing company)
"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
company orders
modern society
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
travel agent; travel agency
advertising agency
land owned by a Shinto shrine
Socialist Masses Party
company's business
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
history of a company; one's career with a company; length of service in a company
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu
religious association
priest attached to a shrine
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company)
company-internal information
shrine ranking (abolished in 1946); company ranking
Social Democratic Party
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
abandoned Shinto shrine
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
village shrine
devotion to one's company
company-owned
company seal; company stamp
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
Nihon Bungeisha (publisher)
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
official editorial viewpoint of a newspaper
Kodansha (publisher)
company expenses; at company expense
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
denomination of a Shinto shrine; company name
Chugoku Shimbun (Japanese newspaper company); China News Service (news agency)
private railway or bus line
Burakumin rights organization (1922-1942)
being in the office; being at work; working for a company; being an employee
Democratic Socialist Party
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
unranked shrine
district-level town (Vietnam)
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
corporation; association
(school) field trip; educational visit (e.g. by a class)
previous company (where one worked); previous employer; previous job
exhibiting company (at a trade show, etc.)
Suiseisha (publisher)
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
person unfit for society; misfit
Hakusuisha (publisher)
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
visiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
rival company; rival corporation
change of company; change of employer; change of firm; convertible bond
three main Kumano shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
Say-zan-sha Publications
Shoudensha (publisher)
Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
Plebian Society (ca. 1904)
Shueisha (publisher)
Shoudensha (publisher)
Shinchosha (publisher)
visiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
individual company; each company
Heibonsha Ltd (publishers)
company doctor
Kenkyusha (publisher)
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)
company-provided (tool, uniform, etc.)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)
Fusosha Publishing
Examples (8 in total)
The two companies are competing with each other.
The two companies plan to unite.
What make of computer do you use?