public, prince, official, governmental

4 strokesFrequency 118JLPT N2Grade 2

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コウ

Kun

おおやけ

Nanori

あきらきみきんたかただしともひろまさ

Dictionary

Common Words

Freq #471
1

Familiar; Pronoun; Sometimes considered male language; referring to someone of equal or lower status

you; buddy; pal

Examples
宿題を忘れるなんては不注意だった。
It was careless of you to forget your homework.
2

Common noun; Orig. meaning

monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

3

君 only; Polite; Obsolete term; Pronoun

he; she

公園うえんNounFreq #2414
1

Occ. 公苑 in park names

(public) park

Examples
この公園はすべての人に公開されている。
The park is open to everybody.
主人公じんこうNounFreq #3573
1

protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

Examples
主人公は、本の最後で死んだ。
The hero died at the end of the book.
2

Honorific

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)

Freq #4503
1

Common noun

public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public

2

Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix

duke; prince

3

Suffix; After the name of a high-ranking person

Sir; Lord

4

Suffix; After a person, animal, etc.

familiar or derogatory suffix

公開うかいNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #6112
1

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure; publication

Examples
この公園はすべての人に公開されている。
The park is open to everybody.
公式うしきNounFreq #6638
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Noun, used as a suffix

official; formal

Examples
ここでの事故の数が公式に記録されているものの2倍あると仮定してみよう。
Let us suppose that the number of incidents is twice that of those officially recorded.
2

formula (e.g. mathematical)

Examples
これらの要素をすべて包含するような最良の公式はこれまでのところ提案されていない。
The optimal formula which would encompass all these factors has not been proposed.
3

Noun, used as a suffix

official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

おやけNounFreq #6903
1

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

official; governmental; formal

2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common

Examples
多くの国が公の場所での喫煙を禁止する法律を通過させている。
Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places.
その老人は10年前にの生活から引退した。
The old man retired from public life ten years ago.
3

As 公にする or 公になる

being public knowledge; being out in the open; exposure to public view

公表うひょうNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #7262
1

official announcement; proclamation

Examples
彼はそれを公表すると脅した。
He threatened to make it public.
公平うへいNoun~な Adj.Freq #7520
1

fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

不公平うへいNoun~な Adj.Freq #7960
1

unfairness; injustice; partiality

Examples
もし私たちが彼をそんなにひどく扱うなら、それは不公平だろう。
It would be unfair if we treated him so badly.

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