Chinese

Japanese

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Kan'on
• (Tokyo) かいしゃ [kàíshá] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɕa̠]

Noun

会社 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 會社, hiragana かいしゃ, romaji kaisha, historical hiragana くわいしや)

1. a company; a business corporation

Derived terms

Anagrams

• 社会 (しゃかい) ‎(shakai, “society”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 會社／会社 (huìshè)
• Korean: 회사 (hoesa)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198601972