Illustration: Inside a small Japanese municipal complex, an open passage connects a civic service counter with a neighborhood library. A municipal employee pushes a cart of newly supplied books from the shared staff corridor while a librarian receives them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう立りつ

kouritsu

publicly run

Used of institutions such as schools and libraries. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. その当時とうじ、どこの公立こうりつの学校がっこうにもネイティブの英語えいごの先生せんせいなどいませんでした。

    At the time there were no native English speakers teaching in any public school.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この町まちには大おおきな公立こうりつ図書館としょかんがある。

    This town boasts a large public library.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 我々われわれは公立こうりつ図書館としょかんを持もつことを市民しみんの当然とうぜんの権利けんりと考かんがえている。

    We consider it the citizens' legitimate right to have public libraries.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 公立

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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