惣

rural local self-government (Muromachi period)

惣嫁

そうか そうよめ

(Edo period) streetwalker

惣菜

そうざい

side dish, daily (household) dish

惣管領

そうかんりょう

(hist.) governor-general

惣菜パン

そうざいパン

dressed bread; bread to which something has been added (sandwich, pirogi, etc.); stuffed bread (rolls, buns, etc.)

惣菜店

そうざいてん

delicatessen, deli

惣領制

そうりょうせい

soryo system, organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

惣無事令

そうぶじれい

1585 edict by Toyotomi Hideyoshi which banned war between feudal lords in Japan

社

やしろ しゃ

company, association, society

調理/惣菜缶詰

ちょうり/そうざいかんづめ

Canned food for cooking/prepared dishes

社協

しゃきょう

Council of Social Welfare

社線

しゃせん

private railway or bus line

社命

しゃめい

company orders

社格

しゃかく

shrine ranking (abolished in 1946)

村社

そんしゃ

township shrine

社風

しゃふう

corporate culture, company climate or spirit, the way a company does things

各社

かくしゃ

all companies, each company

社名

しゃめい

name of company

社殿

しゃでん

(main building of a) Shinto shrine