こう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. public matter; governmental matter
2. prince; duke
3. lord; sir
Suffix
4. familiar or derogatory suffix
after a name, etc.
Kanji used
public
Pitch accent
Top 4600
Used in vocabulary (163 in total)
(public) park
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
young noblewoman; princess
official announcement; proclamation
young nobleman
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
official residence
the public; general public
declaration; profession
noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
justice; fairness; impartiality
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
open; public; official; overt
public; official
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
elderly nobleman
public corporation
public and private; official and personal; government and people
axiom; maxim; self-evident truth
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
probability; likelihood
public hearing; trial
official residence
official document; archives
official language
official business; government business; public business; public use; government use
public corporation; public housing
public character
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
duchy; dukedom; principality
revolution (of heavens)
citizen; freemen
public servant
notary public; notary; public notary
koan; kōan; Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping)
teacher; previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation
public office
heroine; female protagonist
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
public opinion; unbiased criticism; unbiassed criticism
town hall; public hall
official document; archives
fairness; openness; impartiality; Komeito (Japanese political party)
three lords (highest ranking officials in the old Imperial Chinese or Japanese governments)
public funds
public debt; public bond; government securities
you; your father
public name; announcing publicly; nominal
high-ranking officials; ministers; ladies and gentlemen; everyone
public interest; public benefit; public good
public power; governmental authority
public expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure
public service
police; policeman; police officer
official bulletin; communique
publication
postulate (in math, logic, etc.)
nobles and soldiers; imperial court
Ecumenical Council
official residence
public order; public policy
buddy; friend
public meeting
authorized absence; permission of absence from class(es)
well-known
common ratio; geometric ratio
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
authentication; notarization; notarisation
American person; Yankee
public ownership; public domain
public opinion; public debate; just view; fair argument; (arch.) conference at the imperial or shogunal court
king and princes; noble rank
public morality; social morals; civic virtues
Italian person
public enemy
(Roman) Catholicism
public ceremonies; public affairs
civil rights
public election
offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
common difference; tolerance (in engineering, manufacturing, etc.); allowance; allowable error
official seal
government business
female delinquent
political party
national examinations
public institution
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
justice; equity
public good; public profit
princes and marquises; great feudal lords
international airspace; international space
the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
public life; public career
axiomatic system
government office
ceiling or fixed price
(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
official price
speaking at a public hearing
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
common denominator
Freedom of Information Law; Freedom of Information Act (various countries); FOIA
where there's a will, there's a way
perfect fairness
public imposts; taxes
public university
completely out in the open; very publicly; in broad daylight
female delinquent
axiomatic theory
rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)
judicial decision
public funeral
buddy; friend
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
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 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%