Kanji1 / 7
社 kanji
company, firm, office, association, shrine
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シャ
Kun readings
やしろ
Variant forms
社Words with 社
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —グルジアソビエト社会主義共和国Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
- —會社company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
- —総社shrine enshrining several gods
- —我社our company; my company
- —我が社our company; my company
- —大社造oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
- —下請会社subcontractor; subcontracting company
- —内の会社our company
- —ヒラ社員rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
- —ひら社員rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
- —三社祭りSanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
- —自社株買stock buy-back
- —会社ごろextortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
- —瓦斯会社gas company
- —ムラ社会village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
- —むら社会village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
- —３社参りvisiting three shrines in the beginning of the year
- —東印度会社East India Company
- —持ち株会社holding company
- —社交倶楽部social club