当とう社しゃ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Used by a company to refer to itself in formal or business contexts. Can also mean 'this company' when pointing to a specific firm.

this shrine

Used by a shrine to refer to itself in formal announcements or publications. Less common than the company sense.

当とう社しゃ製せいの〈物もの〉a product manufactured by our company
当とう社しゃ製せいの自じ動どう車しゃは世せ界かい中じゅうで販はん売ばいされています。
Cars made by our company are sold all over the world.
当とう社しゃにお問とい合あわせくださいplease contact our company
詳しょう細さいについては当とう社しゃにお問とい合あわせください。
Please contact our company for more details.
当とう社しゃを代だい表ひょうしてon behalf of our company
当とう社しゃを代だい表ひょうしてお礼れいを申もうし上あげます。
I would like to express our thanks on behalf of our company.

自じ社しゃ sense 1
当社 is the term a company uses for itself in formal announcements, while 自社 is more neutral and common in internal discussion or comparisons with competitors.
弊へい社しゃN1
当社 is a neutral or slightly formal way to say 'our company' usable both internally and externally, while 弊社 is explicitly humble and reserved for speaking to outsiders.
当とう店てん
当店 is used by staff to refer to their own physical shop, while 当社 is the parallel term used to refer to one's own company or business.

他た社しゃ sense 1
当社 refers to one's own company, whereas 他社 refers to a different, outside company.

弊へい社しゃhumble 謙譲語N1sense 1
当社 is a neutral, formal way to refer to one's own company, while 弊社 is the humble form used specifically when speaking to outside parties.
自じ社しゃplain
自社 is the everyday term for 'our company', while 当社 is the more formal word used in official announcements or documents.

御おん社しゃ sense 1
当社 refers to the speaker's own company, but 御社 refers to the listener's company, so learners often mix up which side each word points to.
同どう社しゃ
同社 refers anaphorically to a company mentioned earlier (often someone else's), while 当社 means 'our company,' used by the company itself.

当とう社しゃ比ひ
compared to our company's products; in-house comparison · as I see it; by my estimate

Compound of 当 (this, the present) and 社 (company, shrine). The reading とうしゃ is the on'yomi of both characters.