おおやけ

公

Common word

  1. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    official, governmental, formal

  2. nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    public (use, matter, forum, etc.), common

    • 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.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    being public knowledge, being out in the open, exposure to public view
    as 公にする or 公になる