公こう議ぎ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

public opinion; public debate

Rare term for open discussion or the collective view of the public. In modern Japanese, 世論 (よろん/せろん) is far more common for 'public opinion'.

• 公こう議ぎを尽つくして政せい策さくを決きめるべきだ。

  We should decide policy after thorough public debate.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

just view; fair argument

Rare, somewhat literary sense for a righteous or impartial opinion. Often seen in older texts or formal contexts.

• 彼かれは公こう議ぎに基もとづいて判はん断だんを下くだした。

  He made his judgment based on a fair argument.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

conference at the imperial or shogunal court

Archaic historical term for a formal council or deliberation held at the imperial or shogunal court. Not used in modern Japanese outside historical descriptions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、公こう議ぎは幕ばく府ふの重じゅう要ような意い思し決けっ定ていの場ばだった。

  In the Edo period, the court conference was an important decision-making forum for the shogunate.