Illustration: Inside a Japanese museum, an attendant unhooks the rope across a newly accessible collection room and holds the door wide. Beyond the threshold, carefully lit cases contain pottery that visitors can now approach.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう開かい

koukai

public release, opening to the public

Example sentences

その博物館はくぶつかんは一般いっぱんに公開こうかいされている。
The museum is open to the public.
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その裁判さいばんは公開こうかいされていない。
The trial is not open to the public.
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その映画えいがはまもなく公開こうかいされる。
That movie will be released by and by.
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Kanji in 公開

公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
開open; unfoldOnカイKunひらく・ひらき・ひらける

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