〜社(しゃ)

しゃ
suffix, counter
company (counter/suffix)
businessnumberbusiness
See also: 〜者(しゃ) (person suffix)
1. company; firm (suffix)
A suffix attached to indicate a company or business entity.
2. counter for companies
Used to count the number of companies.
I applied to three companies.
We analyzed five competing companies.
何社(なんしゃ)受(う)けましたか。
How many companies did you apply to?

〜社(しゃ) is used both as a suffix to form company names and as a counter.

Compounds

Combines with nouns to indicate a type of company:

Counting patterns

1社(しゃ) (いっしゃ), 2社(しゃ) (にしゃ), 3社(しゃ) (さんしゃ)
4社(しゃ) (よんしゃ), 5社(しゃ) (ごしゃ)...

何社(なんしゃ) - how many companies?

Common patterns

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