公こう
Meanings
Noun
1. public affair; government matter; the state; the government; the public
Noun
Suffix
2. duke; prince
Suffix
3. Sir; Lord
after the name of a high-ranking person
4. familiar or derogatory suffix
after a person, animal, etc.
Kanji used
public
Pitch accent
こ
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Top 5000
Used in vocabulary (176 in total)
(public) park
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; 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
young nobleman
official residence
declaration; profession
the public; general public
justice; fairness; impartiality
public; official
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
open; public; official; overt
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
court noble; nobility; kuge; Imperial Court
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
elderly nobleman
public corporation
public and private matters; official and personal affairs; professional and personal lives
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
maxim; self-evident truth; axiom; axiom; postulate
probability; likelihood
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)
public hearing; trial
official residence
official language
official document; archives
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
public character
public corporation; public housing
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
duchy; dukedom; principality
notary public; notary; public notary
revolution (of a celestial body around another)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
citizen; civics (school subject)
heroine; female protagonist
public servant
public office
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
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)
town hall; public hall
public funds
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
you; your father
public power; governmental authority
monkey; ape
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
public vessel
public service
public interest; public benefit; public good
police; policeman; police officer
official bulletin; communique
publication
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
official residence
Chuukoubunko (publisher)
postulate; axiom; postulate (in Euclidean geometry)
royalty and nobility; noble; aristocrat
Ecumenical Council
forgery of an official document; falsification of public records
public order; public policy
buddy; pal; friend
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
public meeting
public records office; archives
authentication; notarization; notarisation
common ratio; geometric ratio
public education (including private schools under the Japanese national education system); state education
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
American; Yankee; Yank
common factor; common divisor
public ownership; public domain
public opinion; public debate; just view; fair argument; (arch.) conference at the imperial or shogunal court
public knowledge; common knowledge
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
civil rights
Italian person
public enemy
(Roman) Catholicism
public ceremonies; public affairs
official seal
offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
public election; election by popular vote
common difference; tolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.); allowance; allowable error
government business
female delinquent
political party
national examinations
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 institution
justice; equity
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)
public good; public profit
princes and marquises; great feudal lords
public life; public career
axiomatic system
international airspace; international space
government office
ceiling or fixed price
(public) park
(Roman) Catholic Church
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
popular opinion; popular reputation; impartial criticism
buddy; pal; friend
official price
speaking at a public hearing
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
common denominator
Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
public assistance (i.e. assistance provided by a public body)
Nazi; kraut; German
perfect fairness
public imposts; taxes
public university
previous ruler; previous lord; late lord; teacher; teach
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
female delinquent
axiomatic theory
government-provided housing for civil servants (esp. in Hokkaidō); public housing
judicial decision
public funeral
public corporation; juridical person
national life; civic life
public land; government land
coalition of the Socialist Party and the Komeito
General Epistles (James, Peter, Jude, John); Catholic Epistles; General Letters
General Epistles (James, Peter, Jude, John); Catholic Epistles; General Letters
Japan Fair Trade Commission (abbr)
1992 Property Disclosure Act; law requiring members of parliament to disclose their assets
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
public insurance
public corporation
cadastral map
apartment house built by the Japan Housing Corporation
official letter (esp. in internal company corresp.); formal letter
public safety commission
Yu Gong (main character in the 4th century BC Chinese fable "The Foolish Old Man Removes the Mountains"); Yúgōng; Yukong
Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission
authority of prosecution; authority to indict
public tax
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%