公
ōyake
official; public; formal; open; governmental
Example sentences
多くの国が公の場所での喫煙を禁止する法律を通過させている。
Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places.
その老人は１０年前に公の生活から引退した。
The old man retired from public life ten years ago.
その政治家は前言を取り消して公に謝罪するはめになった。
The politician had to take back his words and eat crow.
More N1 vocabulary
- 不良badness; delinquent; inferiority; failure
- 没落ruin; fall; collapse
- 取り組むto tackle; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to come to grips with
- 兎角anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; this and that; many; be apt to
- 審査judging; inspection; examination; investigation
- 上演performance (e.g. music)