"社" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: [kyūjitai]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss, shinjitai
    Sense id: en-社-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Japanese jōyō kanji, Japanese kanji, Japanese kyōiku kanji, Japanese second grade kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 社員 (shain) (ruby: (しゃ), (いん)), 社会 (shakai) (ruby: (しゃ), (かい)), 社交 (shakō) (ruby: (しゃ), (こう)), 社寺 (shaji) (ruby: (しゃ), ()), 社稷 (shashoku) (ruby: (しゃ), (しょく)), 社団 (shadan) (ruby: (しゃ), (だん)), 社長 (shachō) (ruby: (しゃ), (ちょう)), 副社長 (fukushachō) (ruby: (ふく), (しゃ), (ちょう)), 愛社精神 (aishaseishin) (ruby: (あい), (しゃ), (せい), (しん)), 会社 (kaisha) (ruby: (かい), (しゃ)), 会社員 (kaishain) (ruby: (かい), (しゃ), (いん)), 支社 (shisha) (ruby: (), (しゃ)), 神社 (jinja) (ruby: (じん), (じゃ)), 入社 (nyūsha) (ruby: (にゅう), (しゃ)), 退社 (taisha) (ruby: 退(たい), (しゃ)), 本社 (honsha) (ruby: (ほん), (しゃ)), 末社 (massha) (ruby: (まっ), (しゃ))

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-社-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Suffix

IPA: [ɕa̠] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しゃ)), -sha [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 社 (MC dzyaeX). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=しや}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|社}} 社 (MC dzyaeX) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|しゃ}} 社(しゃ) • (-sha)
  1. Short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, morpheme Alternative form of: 会社 (extra: (kaisha): company, co)
    Sense id: en-社-ja-suffix-WbiyeoTo Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 0 3 2 2 0 3 31 5 10 37 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 2 2 1 0 2 35 3 10 41 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 88 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 83 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 89 11
  2. (historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement Tags: historical, morpheme, specifically
    Sense id: en-社-ja-suffix-JWFuwPqH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: (kabu) (ruby: (かぶ)) (english: incorporated, inc.), () (ruby: (ゆう)) (english: limited, Ltd.)
Etymology number: 1
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          "roman": "shain",
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              "寺",
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              "社",
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              "社",
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              "長",
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              "副",
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              "社",
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              "長",
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              "社",
              "しゃ"
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              "精",
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              "神",
              "しん"
            ]
          ],
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          "roman": "kaisha",
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              "員",
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          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "shisha",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "支",
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            ],
            [
              "社",
              "しゃ"
            ]
          ],
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        },
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          "roman": "jinja",
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              "神",
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              "社",
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            ]
          ],
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              "社",
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          "roman": "taisha",
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              "社",
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          "_dis": "92 8",
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        {
          "english": "The Mainichi Newspapers [Company]",
          "roman": "Mainichi Shinbun-sha",
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              "毎",
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            [
              "日新",
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            [
              "聞",
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            [
              "社",
              "しゃ"
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          ],
          "text": "毎日新聞社"
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        {
          "text": "Note: when in parentheses, it is an abbreviation of 社団法人 (shadan hōjin), a type of incorporated association."
        }
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        [
          "company",
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        [
          "co.",
          "co."
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      ],
      "tags": [
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        "morpheme"
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        [
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  ],
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      "other": "しゃ"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    {
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          "社",
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    {
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          "社",
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          "社",
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          "精",
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          "神",
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    },
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          "会",
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          "社",
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          "社",
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          "社",
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        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Mainichi Newspapers [Company]",
          "roman": "Mainichi Shinbun-sha",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "毎",
              "まい"
            ],
            [
              "日新",
              "にちしん"
            ],
            [
              "聞",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "社",
              "しゃ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "毎日新聞社"
        },
        {
          "text": "Note: when in parentheses, it is an abbreviation of 社団法人 (shadan hōjin), a type of incorporated association."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Short for 会社 (kaisha): company, co."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "会社",
          "会社#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "co.",
          "co."
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aboriginal settlement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aboriginal",
          "aboriginal"
        ],
        [
          "settlement",
          "settlement"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Taiwan under Japanese rule",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical, Taiwan under Japanese rule, specifically) aboriginal settlement"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "morpheme",
        "specifically"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "しゃ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kyūjitai",
    "Shinjitai"
  ],
  "word": "社"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "やしろ"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kyūjitai",
    "Shinjitai"
  ],
  "word": "社"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 社 meaning in Japanese (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Second grade kyōiku kanji",
  "path": [
    "社"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "kanji",
  "title": "社",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "社"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "社",
  "trace": ""
}

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