Keyword
company
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1173
Old form
Readings
しゃ
(91%)
じゃ
(7%)
Composed of
altar
earth
Mnemonic

When you join a Japanese company it's like joining a cult. You'll have to worship the earth on which your boss walks on, and treat the meeting room table like a sacred altar, or else you'll get violently bullied and ostracized.

Used in vocabulary (678 in total)
company; corporation; workplace
society; public; community; social studies
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
company president; manager; director
Shinto shrine
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
social; societal; societary
working adult; full-fledged member of society
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
social life; social intercourse
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker
something said for politeness' sake; diplomatic language; honeyed words; lip service; empty compliment
newspaper company
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
our company; my company
association; society
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
underworld; underside of society
your company; your shrine
(Shinto) shrine
our company; our firm
trading company
all companies; each company
another company; other company
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
executive vice-president
security firm; security company
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
president's office; director's office
social status; social position
branch office
(this) shrine; (this) company; (this) firm
pharmaceutical (drug) company
international community; international society; the world
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
social meeting place; watering hole
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
subsidiary (company)
corporate drone; corporate slave
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
shrine office; office of a Shinto shrine
company name; name of a company
our company; my company
rehabilitation (in society)
public corporation
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
temples and shrines
magazine (company)
grand shrine; famous shrine; Izumo Grand Shrine
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
working for a company; being employed by a company
the same firm
outside the company
on the way home from work; returning from work
social dance; ballroom dancing
company housing; housing provided by one's company
company name; corporate name
shipping company; freight company; transport company
contribution to society
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
civilized society; civilised society
company office building
educational visit (e.g. by a class); educational field trip
disparate society; stratified society
railroad corporation; railway company
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
company management; managing a company
female company president; female CEO
(our) company; (my) company; small company; small shrine
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
resigning from a company on marriage (of a woman)
trading company employee
(private) investigation company; research agency
travel agent; travel agency
social page (of newspaper); local news page
local news section; the city desk
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
staff identity card; employee ID card
in a company; troupe
company outing; company retreat
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
real world; society
both companies
compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison; as I see it; by my estimate
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
vertically structured society
company fortunes; future of a company
social conditions; social situation; state of society; social landscape; social climate
office romance; office love affair
whole company; all the companies
idea commonly (generally) accepted in the world
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor
shrines and temples
social awareness (e.g. in fiction)
rival (company); competitor
telecommunications company; telco
other companies in the same business; rival firms
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
social progress; getting ahead in society; moving up in the world
social structure; social organization; fabric of society
social unrest; public anxiety
the socially vulnerable; the weak of society; socially disadvantaged people
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
several companies
former president of a company
editorial; leading article; leader
competing companies; rival companies
Social Democratic Party
sales company; distributor
order from the company president
company business
underground world; underground society
bus company; bus line
corporate group; group businesses; group company; affiliated company
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
financing company; credit firm
voluntary social service
staff canteen
socio-economics; social economy
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
telco; telecommunications company; common carrier
in-house manufactured goods
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
limited company; company structure for small businesses, abolished in 2006 (YK)
young CEO; young company president
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
state socialism; Nazism; national socialism
to go to the office; to be at work
return to office
(company's) initiation or welcoming ceremony
steamship (shipping) company
role of a company president
visit to a company
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
company newsletter
front of (the main building of) a shrine
criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; (lit.) anti-social forces
certain company; unnamed company
aging society; ageing society
your company; your shrine
trouser zipper (mainly for males); fly
subordinate shrine; professional entertainer
mobile phone operator; mobile network carrier; cellular company
controlled society; regulated society
stratum of society
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
joint venture (company)
cost of social security; social welfare spending
organized crime
social responsibility; social accountability
private company; private corporation
company badge
history of a company
guiding precepts of a company; company credo; corporate philosophy
belle of society; queen of high society
the underworld; lower ranks of society
socialization; socialisation
social work; social project; social enterprise; social welfare service
credit card company
new members of society (esp. after turning 20 or joining a company); new working adults
township shrine
to leave the company
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
shrine enshrining several gods
owner of a company; head of a company
a political organization; a political organisation
corporate juridical person; incorporated body; corporation
academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records
spirit of dedication to one's company
social relationship; social context
one's fellow workers; fellow employees
sociable person
company policy
inside and outside the company
social infrastructure
company regulations
social conditions; social circumstances
social environment; social conditions
corporate bond; corporate debenture
bogus company; paper company
low-cost carrier; LCC; low-cost airline
local-news reporter; police reporter; city news reporter
subcontractor; subcontracting company
company person; company man; company woman; corporate soldier
unsociable; retiring; solitude-loving
company funeral
company orders
employee training; employee education
land owned by a Shinto shrine; land owned by a company
limited liability company; LLC; GK; company structure for small businesses, established in 2005
company that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
joining a company as a mid-career hire
automobile society; motorized society
rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity)
society; social circles
societal mood; social context
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
social contract; social compact; FIS xref
baseball tournament between non-professional teams sponsored by corporations
company song
our company; my company
shrine dedicated to the spirits of the war dead
Socialist Masses Party
industrial company; business firm
travel agent; travel agency
Social Democratic Party
animation studio; animation production company
competitors' products; others on the market
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
colleague; company friend
Socialist Party of Japan (until 1996, became the Social Democratic Party of Japan from 1996)
slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims
auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine)
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
social welfare service corporation
communal society; community
advertising agency
social class; social strata; social scale
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
land owned by a Shinto shrine
managing director; president of a company (US)
made by one's (own) company
marriage between coworkers
history of a company
top-ranked firm; top-tier corporation; leading company; prestigious company; stellar company
inter-office mail; intra-company mail
Socialist Masses Party
business affairs of a company; clerical business of a Shinto shrine
modern society
associate member; junior employee
company's business
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
shrine honoring war dead; shrine honouring war dead
adulterous love affair with someone at work
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
listed company (on a stock exchange)
licensed social worker; certified social worker
(post-Heian) shrine dedicated to Amaterasu
priest attached to a shrine
employee discount; corporate discount; company discount
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
company-internal information
at company's expense
social ease (facility, skills); being a good mixer
Council of Social Welfare
"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
one-state socialism (Stalinist theory); socialism in one country
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
religious association
society based on mutual self-interest
mutual aid or credit finance company
social right; economic right
shrine ranking (abolished in 1946); company ranking
social insurance
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
abandoned Shinto shrine
corporation law; company law
(electric) railroad company
company visit; visit to a prospective employer
social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area
family corporation; family company; affiliated concern
government-controlled corporation
(company) announcement
village shrine
convertible (corporate) bond
attempting to change one's image when one starts working
wholesale company; wholesaler
company needing reorganization (reorganisation)
profit-making company
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
company-owned
company seal; company stamp
special consideration for non-traditional (older) students
(material) recycling society; recycling-oriented society
resigning because of marriage
sales company; distributor
Socialist and Communist Parties
social brain; social brains
demutualization; becoming incorporated
non-fulltime employee; non-permanent employee
society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")
old shrines and temples
official editorial viewpoint of a newspaper
devotion to one's company
company expenses; at company expense
company-owned land
interoffice mail; in-house mail
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
denomination of a Shinto shrine; company name
social welfare service; social services; social work
bogus (phantom) employee
corporate structure; company structure
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki
foreign corporation; overseas company
power generation company
affiliated company; sister company
aborigines village
Sanja Festival (Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, third weekend of May)
Taisha-kyo (sect of Shinto; renamed Izumo Oyashiro-kyo in 1951)
products trading company
social educational facilities; community center
anxiety or stress-induced inability to go to work
Musha Incident (Taiwan; 1930); Wushe Uprising
go-getter employee; hard-driving employee; workaholic employee
subsidiary of a subsidiary; sub-subsidiary; second-tier subsidiary
controlling company; parent company
specified purpose company; specific purpose company
power supply company; power distribution company
subcontractor; subcontracting company
private railway or bus line
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
party clothes; evening clothes
work experience; practical study in the real world
limited liability company (US, Australia, etc.); LLC
sociolect; social dialect
bond redemption; debenture redemption
the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
to be in one's office; to work for a company
Burakumin rights organization formed in 1922
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
Democratic Socialist Party
Izumo Oyashiro-kyo (sect of Shinto); Izumo Taisha-kyo
prefectural shrine (of prefectures other than Kyoto and Osaka)
unranked shrine
person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company
shrine enshrining several gods
unlisted company (on a stock exchange)
oldest architectural style for Shinto shrines (e.g. used at Izumo shrine)
club (for adults, as opposed to for university students)
pre-literate society; non-literate society
issuing company (e.g. of a credit card)
shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji)
district-level town (Vietnam)
safety-deposit company
wholesale company; wholesaler
combined company; merged company
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
vertically structured society
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
temporary employment agency; personnel placement agency; staffing agency; temp agency; temping agency
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
company guest
person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company
extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist
corporation; association
small company headquarters located in Tokyo simply for name value
cooperative sales company
affiliated company; sister company
external (to a company) communications
expense-account spenders
established by the company
unsecured (corporate) debenture
non-dividend-paying company
small shrine built at a crossroads
great old-timer of the firm
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
ethics and civics
rolling stock (manufacturing) company
asset holding company (esp. Commonwealth countries)
commutative justice; justitia commutativa
affiliated company accounted for by the equity-method
(former) Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic; Georgian SSR; GSSR
company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
blue-collar; blue-collar worker (employee)
front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls)
full parent company; wholly-owning parent company; sole parent company
social differentiation
shrine whose rituals are attended by an imperial envoy (who presents offerings)
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)
Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department)
prefectural shrine (of Kyoto or Osaka)
social constructionism; social constructivism
Regional Bell Operating Company (USA); RBOC
regional Bell operating company; RBOC
non-existence of a business corporation
zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
worker with a fixed term contract of employment
(power, electricity) transmission company
public corporation set up to administer a public facility
company with a committee governance structure (e.g. auditing, appointment, compensation)
marriage-oriented society (in which most people are married, usu. at a young age)
monoline insurance company; monoline insurer
multiline insurance company; multiline insurer
spring "tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)
rival company; rival corporation
social business; social enterprise
society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other
returning to a company where one has worked before
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)
exhibiting company (at a trade show, etc.)
leaving at the convenience of the company
shrine listed in the Engi-Shiki as of the highest rank
individual company; each company
multiple-system operator; multi-system operator; MSO; operator of multiple cable or direct-broadcast satellite television systems
shrine crest; crest representing a Shinto shrine
pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan
academic socialism; professorial socialism
three main Kumano Shrines (Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha)
name post outside a shrine (usu. a stone pillar)
hydrogen economy; hydrogen energy based society
fascia signage; company nameplate
manager promoted from in-house office worker
surviving company (in a merger); surviving corporation
absorbed company; merged corporation
residential community (administrative district of the People's Republic of China)
lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)
Examples (200 in total)
We would like you to join our company.
Do you have something to do with that company?
That company makes cars.