公

Meaning

公 centers on what is open and shared by a group rather than private: public affairs, official roles, and governmental authority. The prince sense is a specific historical application of a high-ranking public figure.

• 公開こうかい
  N1

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

• 公式こうしき
  N2

  official; formal

• 公演こうえん
  N1

  public performance

• 公園こうえん
  N5

  (public) park

• 主人公しゅじんこう
  N2

  protagonist; main character; hero; heroine

• 公おおやけ
  N2

  official; governmental; formal

• 公共こうきょう
  N2

  public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

• 公表こうひょう
  N2

  official announcement; proclamation

• 公務員こうむいん
  N4

  public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant

• 公認こうにん
  N1

  official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation

• 公平こうへい
  N3

  fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

• 公正こうせい
  N2

  justice; fairness; impartiality

• 公的こうてき
  N1

  public; official

• 公衆こうしゅう
  N2

  the public; general public

• 公立こうりつ
  N2

  public (institution)

• 非公開ひこうかい
  N3

  private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed

• 公明党こうめいとう

  Komeito (Japanese political party)

• 公安こうあん

  public peace; public safety; public security; peace and order

• 非公式ひこうしき
  N3

  informal; unofficial

• 公益こうえき

  public interest; public benefit; public good

• 公言こうげん
  N1

  declaration; profession

• 公募こうぼ
  N1

  public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment

• 不公平ふこうへい
  N1

  unfairness; injustice; partiality

• 公文書こうぶんしょ

  official document; archives

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