〜社(しゃ)

しゃ
suffix, counter
company (counter/suffix)
See also: 〜者(しゃ) (person suffix)
1. company; firm (suffix)
A suffix attached to indicate a company or business entity.
出版社(しゅっぱんしゃ)で働(はたら)いている。
I work at a publishing company.
新聞社(しんぶんしゃ)に就職(しゅうしょく)した。
I got a job at a newspaper company.
大手(おおて)商社(しょうしゃ)は海外(かいがい)にも支店(してん)がある。
Major trading companies have branches overseas too.
2. counter for companies
Used to count the number of companies.
3〜社(しゃ)に応募(おうぼ)した。
I applied to three companies.
競合(きょうごう)5〜社(しゃ)を分析(ぶんせき)した。
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.

AS A SUFFIX:

Combines with nouns to indicate a type of company:

AS A COUNTER:
COUNTING PATTERN:
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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Added 2026.1.14 20:30 · Revised 2026.6.2 4:10
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