Illustration: In an unfenced neighborhood park between Japanese apartment buildings, several unrelated residents share a long bench and a drinking fountain. An office worker moves a bag from the bench so an elderly man can sit, while a parent lifts a child toward the fountain.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう共きょう

koukyou

public, communal

Example sentences

  1. 公共こうきょうの場所ばしょをきれいにしておこう。

    Let’s keep public places clean.

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  2. 公共こうきょうの福祉ふくしのために働はたらく。

    I work for public welfare.

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  3. その公園こうえんは公共こうきょうの財産ざいさんだ。

    The park is common property.

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Kanji in 公共

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 共together; bothOnキョウKunとも・ともに

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