No. 2,463 in Japanese
他社
"他社" means "another company" or "other companies."
In a sentence
他社の製品は非常に高品質です。
The products of other companies are of very high quality.
In this sentence, '他社' refers to 'other companies', emphasizing a comparison between the products of different companies rather than one's own company.
彼は他社に転職しました。
He changed jobs to another company.
Here, '他社' is used to signify 'another company', referring to a company different from the previous one in the context of changing employment.
このプロジェクトで他社との協力が必要です。
Collaboration with other companies is necessary for this project.
In this usage, '他社' denotes 'other companies', highlighting the need for cooperation between multiple distinct business entities for a particular project.
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