How to say "company" in Japanese

• 会社かいしゃJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe word you will usually want for a company as a business organization: a firm or corporation that employs people and carries on commercial work.
  彼かれの努力どりょくは会社かいしゃの成長せいちょうに貢献こうけんした。↗

  His effort contributed to my company's growth.
• 相手あいてJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounHere 'company' means companionship, not a business: the person you are with, deal with, or keep company. It is never a word for a firm.
  あなたのダンスの相手あいてはだれですか。↗

  Who is your dance partner?
• 企業きぎょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA company viewed as a business enterprise or undertaking; the natural choice in business and economic contexts, where the emphasis falls on the enterprise rather than the organization itself.
  アメリカ企業きぎょうのトップは日本にっぽん企業きぎょうのトップに比くらべ何なん倍ばいもの報酬ほうしゅうをもらっている。↗

  CEO's of American corporations are paid several times their Japanese counterparts.
• 業ぎょうCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Seldom the word you want for 'company': it really means work, a trade, or a line of business, and its 'company' sense is at best marginal.
  大学だいがくを卒業そつぎょうしたら、輸出業ゆしゅつぎょうに従事じゅうじしたいと思おもっています。↗

  I hope to be engaged in the export business after graduating from college.
• 法人ほうじんCommon
  nounA company regarded as a legal entity — a corporate body recognized by law. Choose it when the legal identity of the organization is what matters, not the business itself.

For a business organization use 会社, or 企業 when emphasizing it as an enterprise; 法人 stresses legal identity; 相手 is company in the companionship sense; 業 is rarely the right choice.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 会社かいしゃcompany
• 相手あいてcompanion
• 企業きぎょうenterprise
• 業ぎょうwork
• 法人ほうじんcorporation
• 連中れんちゅうcompany
• 交際こうさいcompany
• カンパニーcompany (i.e. business)
• 中隊ちゅうたいcompany
• 公司コンスcompany (in China)
• 客人きゃくじんcaller
• 商会しょうかいfirm
• 人中ひとなかsociety
• 連れつれcompanion
• 業者ぎょうしゃtrader
• 一行いっこうparty
• 社しゃcompany
• 伍ごcompany
• 小社しょうしゃ(our) company
• 一隊いったいparty
• 同勢どうぜいparty
• 徒輩とはいset
• お連れおつれcompanion
• 団だんgroup
• 徒とparty
• 堂どうcompany
• 仲間なかまgroup
• 座ざgathering
• 列れつgroup (of peers)
• 隊たいcompany (of troops)
• 連れんparty
• 一座いちざtroupe