Illustration: Outside a local government office, a Meiji official in a formal uniform stands on the entrance steps and reads from an opened document whose written surface faces him. Two attendants stand at attention behind him, and a constable keeps the entrance clear.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

布ふ告こく

fukoku

official proclamation

Commonly used in 宣戦布告, a declaration of war. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その国くには隣国りんごくに対たいし宣戦せんせんを布告ふこくした。

    The country declared war against its neighbor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 宣戦せんせん布告ふこくの理由りゆうは判明はんめいしていない。

    The reason for declaring war is not certain.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 事実上じじつじょうの宣戦せんせん布告ふこくである。

    This was in reality a declaration of war.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 布告

  • 布linen; clothOnフ・ホKunぬの・しく・きれ
  • 告revelation; tellOnコクKunつげる

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