公こう衙がこうがMeanings1noungovernment office; public officearchaicArchaic term for a government or public office, found in historical texts. In modern Japanese, 官庁 (かんちょう) or 役所 (やくしょ) are used instead.古こ文ぶん書しょには「公こう衙が」という言こと葉ばが役やく所しょを指さして使