national treasury
Refers to the financial resources of the national government, often used in contexts of public spending, tax revenue, or government funds.
The project was carried out at the expense of the national treasury.
Subsidies from the national treasury were cut.
Fines collected from offenders go into the national treasury.
The reconstruction costs were paid out of the national treasury.
国庫 is the national treasury holding government funds, while 公庫 is a public finance corporation that lends money, and the two are easily confused because they sound and look alike.
国庫 is the treasury itself, the source of government money, whereas 国費 refers to the actual spending or expenditure drawn from it.
国庫 refers specifically to the national treasury or public funds, while 金庫 is broader and usually means a physical safe or a private/institutional depository.
Standard kanji spelling for 'national treasury'.
Compound of 国 (country, nation) and 庫 (warehouse, storehouse), literally 'national storehouse'. The reading こっこ is a regular sound change from こくこ.