Usage patterns 公こう 的てき な 〈 事こと 〉 an official/public (matter, position, etc.)
He spoke from an official standpoint.
〈 事こと 〉 を 公こう 的てき に 認みと める to officially acknowledge/recognize something
The government officially acknowledged the fact.
公こう 的てき 資し 金きん を 投とう 入にゅう する to inject public funds (into something)
Public funds were injected to bail out the bank.
Kanji 公 public, prince, official 的 bull's eye, mark, target Related words 公式 means formally recognized or authorized (as in announcements or rules), while 公的 more broadly covers anything belonging to the public sector or officialdom.
公共 emphasizes something shared by the whole community (as in 公共施設 ), whereas 公的 emphasizes a connection to government or official capacity.
社会的 broadly means 'social' in relation to society, while 公的 emphasizes an official or public capacity, as opposed to private.
Opposites 私的 means private or personal, directly opposing 公的 's sense of public or official.
公的 describes something official or public, the opposite of パーソナル which describes something private or individual.
公的 describes something official or public, the direct opposite of 個人的 , which describes something belonging to an individual.
公的 means 'public/official' and contrasts with プライベート 's meaning of 'personal, not public'.
Word family· 9 sovereign debt; public debt
public pension
public assistance
public support; official support; public aid
public institution; public organization; official body
Show 4 more Show fewer Etymology Compound of 公 (public, official) and the suffix 的 (-like, -al), forming an adjectival noun meaning 'public' or 'official'.
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