社

社

Meanings: company, firm, office On Readings: シャ sha Kun Readings: やしろ yashiro Most Used Pronunciation: sha JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 2 Kanji Part: 示 Stroke Number: 7

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Common jukugo
社会 - しゃ　かい sha kai - society
会社 - かい　しゃ kai sha - company, corporation (business)
社長 - しゃ　ちょう sha chou - president (of a company)
出版社 - しゅっぱん　しゃ shuppan sha - publisher

Useful Examples
Japanese: 会社で会いましょう。
Romaji: kai sha de aimashou.
English: Let's meet at the office. (~mashou ending implies 'let's')

Japanese: 会社で会議があります。
Romaji: kaisha de kaigi ga arimasu.
English: There is a meeting at the office.

Japanese: この会社はさまざまな商品を商っています。
Romaji: kono kaisha wa samazama na shouhin o akinatte imasu.
English: The company deals in various goods.

Japanese: その会社は経営者が３人も代わっている。
Romaji: sono kaisha wa keieisha ga sannin mo kawatte iru.
English: The company has changed hands three times.

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.