Illustration: In a Japanese municipal press room, an official draws a cloth away from a detailed model of a proposed public playground. Reporters lean forward with cameras and microphones as the previously concealed design becomes visible to everyone at once.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう表ひょう

kouhyou

to make public, to announce

Example sentences

彼かれはそれを公表こうひょうすると脅おどした。
He threatened to make it public.
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彼かれの死しが公表こうひょうされた。
His death was made known to the public.
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彼かれは彼女かのじょとの婚約こんやくを公表こうひょうした。
He announced his engagement to her.
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Kanji in 公表

公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
表surface; tableOnヒョウKunおもて・あらわす・あらわれる

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