public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
dukedom; duchy; principality
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
young noblewoman; princess
official announcement; proclamation
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
unfairness; injustice; partiality
official business; public business
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
public peace; public safety; public security; security police
the public; general public
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
justice; fairness; impartiality
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
open; public; official; overt
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
public telephone; pay phone
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
public execution; public embarrassment
official match; regular game; regular-season game; formal match
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
maxim; self-evident truth; axiom; axiom; postulate
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
public hall; community center; community centre
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
nature park; natural park
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
beachfront park; park by the sea
official document; archives
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
public institution; public organization; official body
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
public corporation; public housing
children's park; children's playground
public facilities; utilities
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
official function; state function
duchy; dukedom; principality
notary public; notary; public notary
revolution (of a celestial body around another)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
public toilet; public restroom
public announcement; official notice; edict
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Ministry of Public Security (China)
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
public lavatory; public toilet; public restroom; slut; whore; floozy
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
citizen; civics (school subject)
public transportation; public transport
heroine; female protagonist
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
public health; public hygiene; sanitation
previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
government and municipal offices; public agencies
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
official document; archives
public announcement; official statement; nominal; official; official name
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
public debt; public bond; government securities
public power; governmental authority
sports park; athletic park; stadium
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
notarized document; notarised document
greatest common divisor; GCD
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
public indecency; indecent exposure
open criminal investigation
public interest; public benefit; public good
environmental park; ryokuchi park
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
local government employee; local civil servant
public agency; public institution
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
police; policeman; police officer
having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring
official bulletin; communique
public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)
release date; publication date; opening day; open day
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
certified public accountant
debut; opening; first public exhibition
shogunate marital union with the Imperial family
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
civil service examination
local public body; local government
final performance; last performance
misappropriation of public funds
period of revolution; orbital period
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality
postulate; axiom; postulate (in Euclidean geometry)
faithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
civil rights movement (esp. American)
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude
public indignation; anger (as a citizen)
royalty and nobility; noble; aristocrat
forgery of an official document; falsification of public records
public order; public policy
high seas; international waters
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
official (rate, price, etc.); officially fixed
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
public junior high school
stock offering (to the public)
official price; government-imposed price limit
public records office; archives
complete trial record; case file
public transportation; public transport
authentication; notarization; notarisation
public funds; public money
National Public Safety Commission
urban park built around a river, lake, etc.
National Public Safety Commission
(crime of) public indecency
first trial; first hearing
bringing one's child to the local park to play for the first time
facts constituting the offense charged; facts charged
limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation
common ratio; geometric ratio
public education (including private schools under the Japanese national education system); state education
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
public announcement; official notice
common factor; common divisor
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
local government official
public ownership; public domain
(public) prosecution; indictment; accusation
Anglican Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
public opinion; public debate; just view; fair argument; (arch.) conference at the imperial or shogunal court
public debate; open discussion
public knowledge; common knowledge
performance given after a successful tour abroad
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
Public Security Intelligence Agency
public telephone booth; phone box
quasi-national park; national park designated by the government but managed by a prefecture
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
Public Offices Election Act
government-controlled gambling; municipally operated gambling
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
chargé d'affaires; chargé
public hospital; government hospital; municipal hospital
public ceremonies; public affairs
diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment
public interest incorporated foundation
openly and in broad daylight
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
official permission; government licence (license)
public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government)
public organization; public organisation
offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
public election; election by popular vote
public-service corporation; charitable corporation
common difference; tolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.); allowance; allowable error
combined sports park; comprehensive sports park; general athletic park
National Public Service Act
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
Komeito (Japanese political party)
national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges
Japan Fair Trade Commission
public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
pollution problem or issue
government and public offices; public agency
non-polluting; pollution-free; clean (e.g. energy)
least common multiple; lowest common multiple
multi-purpose park; comprehensive park
urban park; city park; municipal park
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
public consultation; public information
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms; ritsuryō period)
garden cemetery; park cemetery; memorial park
public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
government-paid secretary
injury sustained while on duty; occupational injury; injury sustained at an official tournament; injury sustained during a match
paddy administered directly by a ruler
idea of uniting the court and the shogunate (late Edo period)
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
official discount (bank) rate
public utilities; public enterprise; public service
National Archives of Japan
(crime of) obstructing the discharge of official duties; (crime of) hindering a government official in the execution of his duties
public good; public profit
public sale; public auction
Government Housing Loan Corporation; Housing Loan Corporation
public sphere; public domain
princes and marquises; great feudal lords
common knowledge; public knowledge; well-known fact
minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
speaker at a public hearing
indentured servant; articled apprentice
fair and impartial; just and unselfish
public life; public career
false entry in an officially authenticated document
international airspace; international space
Public Offices Election Act
public support; official support; public aid
trial record; protocol of a trial
government-managed park; national government park
railway police officer (pre-1987)
railroad security officer
civic education; citizenship education
pretrial preparation; trial preparation
accidents in line of duty
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
pretrial conference procedure; pretrial proceedings
licensed psychologist; certified public psychologist
ceiling price; official quotation
Environmental Pollution Prevention Act
Principality of Liechtenstein
temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
(crime of) forging an official document; falsification of official records
park that can serve as an emergency relief center
popular opinion; popular reputation; impartial criticism
speaking at a public hearing
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
whistleblower protection act
authorized capital; authorised capital
political theory focused on a parliamentary system; parliamentary regime theory
public assistance (i.e. assistance provided by a public body)
newly listed stocks; new stock offering
initial public offering; IPO
public toilet; public restroom
where there's a will, there's a way
policy statement; manifesto
working as a servant for a series of masters
government-controlled gambling sport (Japan); gambling sport under the control of a local authority
publicly traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
public utility foundation
Public Employment Security Office; PESO
official telegram; (diplomatic) cable
what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes?
national, public, and private
A Little Princess (novel)
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
special local public entity
Japan Monopoly Corporation
public official; public servant
Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers
Japan Finance Corporation; JFC
public or government corporation
victim of a pollution-caused illness
food contamination; pollution of food products
Public Security Examination Commission
parkway; road through a park
stock offering (to the public)
falsely provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest
place of ceremony; public place
parks section (e.g. of a city administration); parks division
leave of absence; furlough
government-provided housing for civil servants (esp. in Hokkaidō); public housing
Japan Post (2003-2007) (abbr)
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and Komeito
Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission
official gazette for elections
public corporation; juridical person
Osaka Metropolitan University
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Future University Hakodate
GNU General Public License
Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
lowest common denominator; least common denominator; LCD
Japan Public Law Association
official publication; official publications
Japan Association of Municipal and Prefectural Colleges and Universities
Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
public expenditure; public outlay; public spending
Japanese Society of Public Health; JSPH
certified reader (comp. karuta); certified reciter
University of Fukuchiyama
public bathhouse for everyday use
Japan Public Health Association
Miyazaki Municipal University
local government code; standard area code
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
Kushiro Public University of Economics
unfair business practice; unfair business practices
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Japanese Society of Veterinary Public Health
Tottori University of Environmental Studies
Society of Public Utility Economics; JSPU
chargé d'affaires ad interim; acting chargé d'affaires
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC
the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan
Act on Entrepreneurs' Bearing of the Cost of Public Pollution Control Works
formal public identifier error
national life; civic life
Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
Suwa University of Science
non-legal public property; public property such as a road or lake that is not managed by the Ministry of Finance, oft. effectively in private hands
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Massive Open Online Course; MOOC
public land; government land
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
Association of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants
Local Public Enterprise Act
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
blind copy recipient indication
authorized foreign exchange bank; authorised foreign exchange bank
American Public Health Association
Certified Public Accountants Act
Small Business Credit Insurance Corporation
public partnership; public corporation
public message handling service
Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise
China International Trust and Investment Corporation
American Association of Public Accountants
National Life Finance Corporation
administrator (manager) of a public facility
official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
Local Public Enterprise Act
official injury exemption system; system for exempting players injured in an official match from pay reduction or demotion
Shikōkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Aso faction
Public Works Contracts Office
General Epistles (James, Peter, Jude, John); Catholic Epistles; General Letters
National Institute of Environmental Pollution Research (pn)
citizen of the world; world citizen
Traffic Safety and Nuisance Research Institute
non interest-bearing bond
Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy; Japan CIRIEC
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
American National Archives
authorized distributor; authorised distributor
Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority; HSBA
eminent domain; official expropriation
Agriculture Land Development Machinery Public Corporation
Korea Industrial Safety Corporation; Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Bond Underwriter's Association
public text designating sequence
public line (as opposed to a private or leased line)
official interpretation or construction (e.g. of a law)
Society of Civil Servants
Public Relations Society of America; PRSA
information-disclosure ordinance
public medical institution
diplomatic cable; diplomatic telegram
Resolution Trust Corporation
Environmental Sanitation Business Finance Corporation
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; CPB
official land price; assessed value of land
Act on Enforcement of the Act on Labor Relations of Public Enterprise Corporation
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
Japan Agricultural Land Development Agency
executive positions in the civil service
three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)
Act on the Settlement of Environmental Pollution Disputes
Japan Petroleum Development Corporation
Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
Water Resources Development Public Corporation
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
Public Services International
device-dependent version of public text
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
public text display version
Japan Regional Development Corporation
Special Act for Education Personnel
Forest Development Corporation
National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities
(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation
New Tokyo International Airport Authority
training institute for civil servants
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; ODFC
public corporation set up to administer a public facility
National Life Finance Corporation (1949-2008)
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
pollution control; pollution prevention
Public Security Investigation Bureau
Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation
Passenger Ship Corporation
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
Public Key Infrastructure
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
Institute for Research on Public Policy
U.S. postal service; UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
suspension of civil rights
Heron's formula; Hero's formula
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Japan National Oil Corporation
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
special (urban) park (such as a zoo, botanical garden, etc.)
Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation and Prevention Association
Pollution-related Health Damage Compensation Association
apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation
absence permission slip; authorized absence form
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
official letter (esp. in internal company corresp.); formal letter
non-store app; smartphone app not distributed through the official smartphone stores
Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises
Urban Development Corporation
low-frequency noise pollution; low-frequency pollution
(act or crime of) pollution
Maritime Credit Corporation
Act on Compensation for Pollution-related Health Damage
Medical Care Facilities Financing Corporation
official visit to a shrine (or temple)
British Steel Corporation; BSC
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance Corporation; AFC
sickness incurred in line of duty
Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong
Federation of Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Workers' Unions
trade below the public offering price during a float
to labor (labour) for the public good; to work for the public good
public booth; public kiosk
Japan Green Resources Corporation (now Japan Green Resources Agency)
Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission
space environmental pollution
Inter-American Investment Corporation
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
public record; public register; official records
consolidated annuities; consols
publicly subscribed shares or stock
great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper
master; main character; protagonist
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
government office; public office
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Shinrinkōen Station (Saitama)