本社

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 本社 is read as ほんしゃ and is a noun for a company’s head office, headquarters organization, or main premises.
• Basic usage: Use 本社で for an event held there and 本社へ for a report sent there as its destination.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Contrast with 支社 and 支店
  • 本社 is the company’s central organization; 支社 is a regional branch office, while 支店 emphasizes a branch establishment subordinate to the head office or main store.
• Contrast with 本店
  • 本店 foregrounds the principal store or business office among branches, while 本社 foregrounds the management center of the company as a whole.