the state that 株(かぶ)式(しき)会(がい)社(しゃ) (kabushiki gaisha) is used as prefix in company name, such as 株(かぶ)式(しき)会(がい)社(しゃ)朝(あさ)日(ひ)新(しん)聞(ぶん)社(しゃ) (Kabushiki-gaisha Asahi Shinbun-sha, “The Asahi Shimbun Company”).

the kanji radical 囗, which encloses other elements to form characters such as 国, 囲, etc.

The hiragana syllable す (su). Its equivalent in katakana is ス (su). It is the thirteenth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is さ行う段 (sa-gyō u-dan, “row sa, section u”).

nest, hive, den

vinegar (condiment)

sandbank, sandbar

(archaic) to do / (archaic) to cause, become

(chiefly dialectal and colloquial) Alternative form of せる (seru, “causative suffix”)

The hiragana syllable しゃ (sha). Its equivalent in katakana is シャ (sha).

留守: absence