protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure
official announcement; proclamation
public affair; government matter; duke; prince; Sir; Lord
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
fair; impartial; just; fairness; impartiality; justice
unfairness; injustice; partiality
justice; fairness; impartiality
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
public employee; government employee; public-sector worker; public servant; civil servant
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
official business; public business
the public; general public
open; public; official; overt
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
dukedom; duchy; principality
Komeito (Japanese political party)
private; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
public telephone; pay phone
public peace; public safety; public security; security police
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment; public offering (of securities)
official match; regular game; regular-season game; formal match
public hall; community center; community centre
official document; archives
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
(national) government official; national public servant; national government employee
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
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 facilities; utilities
public transportation; public transport
public execution; public embarrassment
first trial; first hearing
public announcement; official notice; edict
Public Offices Election Act
young noblewoman; princess
high-ranking court noble; senior court official; kugyō; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
Japan Fair Trade Commission
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
public broadcasting (e.g. NHK, BBC)
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
public institution; public organization; official body
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
National Public Safety Commission
nature park; natural park
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
public health; public hygiene; sanitation
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
public interest; public benefit; public good
official function; state function
public toilet; public restroom
government and municipal offices; public agencies
public funds; public money
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
citizen; civics (school subject)
children's park; children's playground
Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)
debut; opening; first public exhibition
maxim; self-evident truth; axiom; axiom; postulate
local government employee; local civil servant
beachfront park; park by the sea
policy statement; manifesto
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign
revolution (of a celestial body around another)
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
Public Security Intelligence Agency
public interest incorporated foundation
public junior high school
certified public accountant
National Public Service Act
sports park; athletic park; stadium
unpublished; not made public; unlisted (e.g. stock); unreleased; undisclosed
public corporation; public housing
one's employer's house; one's employer; place of apprenticeship
public lavatory; public toilet; public restroom; slut; whore; floozy
public agency; public institution
notary public; notary; public notary
local public body; local government
heroine; female protagonist
Public Safety Bureau (of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department); Ministry of Public Security (China)
publicness (degree to which a particular action will affect society as large); public nature; commonality
Japan Finance Corporation; JFC
high seas; international waters
public power; governmental authority
public debt; public bond; government securities
public transportation; public transport
public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good
previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
National Archives of Japan
national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges
diplomatic mission; overseas diplomatic establishment
duchy; dukedom; principality
greatest common divisor; GCD
public hospital; government hospital; municipal hospital
public announcement; official statement; nominal; official; official name
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
notarized document; notarised document
accidents in line of duty
government-paid secretary
combined sports park; comprehensive sports park; general athletic park
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
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)
official document; archives
now available (e.g. for sale); now showing (e.g. film, exhibition)
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
official bulletin; communique
public support; official support; public aid
political operations; (Heian Period) political operations and ceremonies of the Imperial Court; (Edo Period) civil suit
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
unlisted stocks; unlisted shares; unquoted shares
open criminal investigation
public records office; archives
having no hesitation in stating; having no hesitation in declaring
public debate; open discussion
misappropriation of public funds
environmental park; ryokuchi park
civil service examination
forgery of an official document; falsification of public records
dandelion (esp. species Taraxacum platycarpum)
common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
release date; publication date; opening day; open day
police; policeman; police officer
Public Offices Election Act
not officially announced; non-public; unpublished
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
public-service corporation; charitable corporation
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
National Public Safety Commission
public goods (i.e. goods or services such as lighthouses, military installations, etc., which are provided by government)
pretrial conference procedure; pretrial proceedings
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC
public announcement; official notice
quasi-national park; national park designated by the government but managed by a prefecture
final performance; last performance
shogunate marital union with the Imperial family
government-controlled gambling; municipally operated gambling
period of revolution; orbital period
public indecency; indecent exposure
public indecency; indecent exposure
(public) prosecution; indictment; accusation
Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
public indignation; anger (as a citizen)
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
stock offering (to the public)
official price; government-imposed price limit
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
official telegram; (diplomatic) cable
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
public education (including private schools under the Japanese national education system); state education
national, public, and private
Japan Post (2003-2007) (abbr)
Public Security Examination Commission
system allowing for election of the prime minister by popular vote
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.)
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude
official (rate, price, etc.); officially fixed
royalty and nobility; noble; aristocrat
multi-purpose park; comprehensive park
urban park; city park; municipal park
limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation
public ownership; public domain
(crime of) public indecency
public assistance (i.e. assistance provided by a public body)
public telephone booth; phone box
official gazette for elections
urban park built around a river, lake, etc.
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
complete trial record; case file
bringing one's child to the local park to play for the first time
facts constituting the offense charged; facts charged
whistleblower protection act
licensed psychologist; certified public psychologist
Anglican Church; Protestant Episcopal Church
speaker at a public hearing
public election; election by popular vote
parks section (e.g. of a city administration); parks division
public opinion; public debate; just view; fair argument; (arch.) conference at the imperial or shogunal court
public utilities; public enterprise; public service
public knowledge; common knowledge
initial public offering; IPO
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
government-managed park; national government park
public official; public servant
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
public ceremonies; public affairs
postulate; axiom; postulate (in Euclidean geometry)
local government official
performance given after a successful tour abroad
chargé d'affaires; chargé
suspension of civil rights
interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties
pollution problem or issue
common factor; common divisor
openly and in broad daylight
minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
authentication; notarization; notarisation
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
government and public offices; public agency
Dog Shogun (nickname of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi)
kumon; official documents submitted to the central government (ritsuryō system)
official permission; government licence (license)
Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
public sale; public auction
official discount (bank) rate
paddy administered directly by a ruler
common difference; tolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.); allowance; allowable error
public organization; public organisation
official visit to a shrine (or temple)
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
least common multiple; lowest common multiple
the four major pollution-caused illnesses (Minamata disease, Niigata Minamata disease, Yokkaichi asthma, Itai-itai disease); four big pollution diseases of Japan
Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers
non-polluting; pollution-free; clean (e.g. energy)
common ratio; geometric ratio
Osaka Metropolitan University
Okinawa Development Finance Corporation; ODFC
Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; indentured servitude
offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
newly listed stocks; new stock offering
public order; public policy
park that can serve as an emergency relief center
public good; public profit
(crime of) public indecency
public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
Future University Hakodate
public toilet; public restroom
information-disclosure ordinance
Shinrinkōen Station (Saitama)
injury sustained while on duty; occupational injury; injury sustained at an official tournament; injury sustained during a match
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms; ritsuryō period)
garden cemetery; park cemetery; memorial park
government-controlled gambling sport (Japan); gambling sport under the control of a local authority
uncultured but well-intentioned person; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
official injury exemption system; system for exempting players injured in an official match from pay reduction or demotion
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
idea of uniting the court and the shogunate (late Edo period)
pretrial preparation; trial preparation
Japan Highway Public Corporation; JHPC
Government Housing Loan Corporation; Housing Loan Corporation
public sphere; public domain
common knowledge; public knowledge; well-known fact
(crime of) obstructing the discharge of official duties; (crime of) hindering a government official in the execution of his duties
public medical institution
princes and marquises; great feudal lords
food contamination; pollution of food products
Public Security Investigation Bureau
duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
Certified Public Accountants Act
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation (defunct)
red; red kidney bean; sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin); bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
public consultation; public information
unfair business practice; unfair business practices
fair and impartial; just and unselfish
international airspace; international space
public life; public career
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
Kujikata Osadamegaki; Tokugawa law code of Shogun Yoshimune (introduced in 1742)
railroad security officer
indentured servant; articled apprentice
pollution control; pollution prevention
railway police officer (pre-1987)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
civic education; citizenship education
trial record; protocol of a trial
false entry in an officially authenticated document
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
Public Employment Security Office; PESO
(crime of) forging an official document; falsification of official records
Act on Compensation for Pollution-related Health Damage
Japan Travel Bureau Foundation (JTB)
Principality of Liechtenstein
Massive Open Online Course; MOOC
ceiling price; official quotation
official land price; assessed value of land
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
popular opinion; popular reputation; impartial criticism
Environmental Pollution Prevention Act
public order; public policy
temporary name of the initial Meiji-era legislative body (1869)
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis); wakasagi
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
working as a servant for a series of masters
authorized capital; authorised capital
public utility foundation
duke, marquis, count, viscount and baron (five ranks of nobility in Japan; 1869-1947)
pretrial conference procedure; pretrial proceedings
Japan Association of Municipal and Prefectural Colleges and Universities
diplomatic cable; diplomatic telegram
speaking at a public hearing
Japan Monopoly Corporation
to labor (labour) for the public good; to work for the public good
where there's a will, there's a way
political theory focused on a parliamentary system; parliamentary regime theory
Japan Petroleum Development Corporation
Japan Public Health Association
Japanese Society of Public Health; JSPH
previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
Shikōkai (faction of the Liberal Democratic Party); Aso faction
Miyazaki Municipal University
victim of a pollution-caused illness
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
Special Act for Education Personnel
leave of absence; furlough
A Little Princess (novel)
stock offering (to the public)
special local public entity
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and Komeito
training institute for civil servants
falsely provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest
Institute for Research on Public Policy
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
parkway; road through a park
what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes?
Metropolitan Expressway Public Corporation
government-provided housing for civil servants (esp. in Hokkaidō); public housing
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
National Institute of Environmental Pollution Research (pn)
place of ceremony; public place
publicly traded stock; stock listed on the stock exchange
public expenditure; public outlay; public spending
Urban Development Corporation
public or government corporation
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
smelt fishing (esp. on a frozen lake); smelt ice fishing
tanyao (winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles); all simples
all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles
free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
indentured servant; articled apprentice
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
Iko-kai (faction of the LDP)
public booth; public kiosk
kings; children of nobles; young nobleman
public corporation; juridical person
national life; civic life
sickness incurred in line of duty
non interest-bearing bond
public partnership; public corporation
(act or crime of) pollution
publicly subscribed shares or stock
authorized distributor; authorised distributor
apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
consolidated annuities; consols
space environmental pollution
authorized foreign exchange bank; authorised foreign exchange bank
tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
official interpretation or construction (e.g. of a law)
executive positions in the civil service
(noise, smell, air, water) pollution in the neighborhood
domestic service; working as a housemaid; domestic help; domestic helper
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
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
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
absence permission slip; authorized absence form
absence permission slip; authorized absence form
official publication; official publications
official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)
imperial subjects; the people
Public Key Infrastructure
public text designating sequence
public text display version
public message handling service
public line (as opposed to a private or leased line)
formal public identifier error
device-dependent version of public text
blind copy recipient indication
Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
Heron's formula; Hero's formula
public corporation set up to administer a public facility
administrator (manager) of a public facility
citizen of the world; world citizen
public land; government land
Local Public Enterprise Act
Local Public Enterprise Act
master; main character; protagonist
trade below the public offering price during a float
imperial court; government office; imperial land; government land
official letter (esp. in internal company corresp.); formal letter
General Epistles (James, Peter, Jude, John); Catholic Epistles; General Letters
National Government Defrayment Act for Reconstruction of Disaster-Stricken Public Facilities
Act on Enforcement of the Act on Labor Relations of Public Enterprise Corporation
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)
government office; public office
being called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court; monk called upon to give a Buddhist service (or lecture, etc.) at the Imperial Court
public record; public register; official records
great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system); land given to pay for the expenses of a government office
winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles
low-frequency noise pollution; low-frequency pollution
non-store app; smartphone app not distributed through the official smartphone stores
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
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
chargé d'affaires ad interim; acting chargé d'affaires
Kumon method (of learning)
public company; publicly listed company; publicly traded company; (Japanese) stock company that does not impose restrictions on share transfers
Act on the Settlement of Environmental Pollution Disputes
Act on Entrepreneurs' Bearing of the Cost of Public Pollution Control Works
special (urban) park (such as a zoo, botanical garden, etc.)
lowest common denominator; least common denominator; LCD
eminent domain; official expropriation
public bathhouse for everyday use
certified reader (comp. karuta); certified reciter
local government code; standard area code
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
Magen David Adom (Israel's emergency medical service)
Medical Care Facilities Financing Corporation
Environmental Sanitation Business Finance Corporation
Korea Industrial Safety Corporation; Korea Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong
Kushiro Public University of Economics
Traffic Safety and Nuisance Research Institute
Japan Finance Corporation for Municipal Enterprises
Society of Public Utility Economics; JSPU
Pollution-related Health Damage Compensation Association
Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation and Prevention Association
Public Relations Society of America; PRSA
Public Works Contracts Office
Corporation for Public Broadcasting; CPB
Bond Underwriter's Association
Association of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants
Society of Civil Servants
Guangdong International Trust and Investment Corporation
Japan Society of Research and Information on Public and Co-operative Economy; Japan CIRIEC
Public Services International
National Life Finance Corporation (1949-2008)
National Life Finance Corporation
Hanshin Expressway Public Corporation
Housing and Urban Development Corporation
Little Lord Fauntleroy (novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett)
New Tokyo International Airport Authority
Forest Development Corporation
Water Resources Development Public Corporation
Resolution Trust Corporation
British Steel Corporation; BSC
Maritime Credit Corporation
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Japan Regional Development Corporation
China International Trust and Investment Corporation
Japan Finance Corporation for Small and Medium Enterprise
Small Business Credit Insurance Corporation
Passenger Ship Corporation
Japan Public Law Association
Japanese Society of Veterinary Public Health
Japan Railway Construction Public Corporation
Agriculture Land Development Machinery Public Corporation
Japan Agricultural Land Development Agency
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Finance Corporation; AFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
American Public Health Association
American Association of Public Accountants
U.S. postal service; UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
American National Archives
Inter-American Investment Corporation
Hokkaido-Tōhoku Development Finance Public Corporation
Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority; HSBA
Japan Green Resources Corporation (now Japan Green Resources Agency)
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Federation of Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Workers' Unions
Japan National Oil Corporation
(former) Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
Tottori University of Environmental Studies
Chitose Institute of Science and Technology
Suwa University of Science
University of Fukuchiyama
Nippon Sei Ko Kai; Anglican Episcopal Church in Japan
Gongyang Zhuan (Chinese classical work); Gongyang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals; Commentary of Gongyang
GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
Higashiyama Kōen Station (Nagoya)
Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
Taraxacum albidum (species of white dandelion)
Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)