► 名詞
社 [しゃ] [liter] meaning: company rank: 2
☆ 我が社の製品 ⇨ The products of our company
☆ 私達は社を挙げて新技術の開発を行った ⇨ We put all the resources of the company into developing the new technology
► 接尾辞
社 [しゃ] meaning: company rank: 2
☆ 入札には十社が参加した (じゅっしゃ) ⇨ Ten companies entered the bid
More examples:
- 敏腕社長が会社を再建した ⇨ The competent CEO rebuilt the company
- 会社を辞めようかと思っているところに新しい仕事の申し入れがあり、ちょうど渡りに船だった ⇨ I got a new job offer just when I was thinking about quitting the company, so it was like “a boat at the crossing”, a good thing at the best timing
- 日本の社会では気配りが非常に重要視される ⇨ Consideration, thoughtfulness, is very important in Japanese society
- あの会社はトヨタの子会社だ ⇨ That company is a subsidiary of Toyota
- 会社の業績は大きく飛躍した ⇨ The company’s profits have increased by leaps and bounds
- 私は社交ダンスを嗜む ⇨ I do a little bit of ballroom dancing
- 会社は多額の設備投資をしている ⇨ The company is spending a lot of money in upgrading its machineries, equipment, facilities
- 社会党は選挙に敗北した ⇨ The socialist party lost the election
- 腐敗が社会全体に蔓延している ⇨ Corruption is widespread throughout the society
- 米国の会社内の肩書は余り意味が無い ⇨ Job titles in American companies don’t mean much
- 会社は傾いている ⇨ The company (business) is leaning, listing, failing
- 時には社会秩序を乱すことが必要だ ⇨ Sometimes it is necessary to disturb the social order
- 近年社会で貧富の差の拡大が激しい ⇨ The increase of the gap between the rich and the poor in society has been steep in recent years
- 堕落した社会 ⇨ A degenerate society
- この会社は自動車会社に窓ガラスを供給している ⇨ This company supplies window glasses to automobile companies