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.

(archaic) dim, faint / (archaic) moderate / (archaic) mediocre, ordinary / (archaic) 大: large, big; roomy, loose

country

summer

weak / rickety person / emaciated

many, much

foot of hill / foothill

a crowd, a large number of people

Archaic form of 大根 (daikon). / the fundamental root or origin of something