Illustration: In an open plaza outside a Japanese railway station, a street juggler has attracted an informal semicircle of passersby. Office workers, an elderly shopper, teenagers, a delivery worker and a parent with a stroller stand together without reserved seats or an entrance barrier.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう衆しゅう

koushuu

the public

Example sentences

  1. この建物たてものには公衆こうしゅうトイレがありますか。

    Is there a public toilet in this building?

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  2. 私わたしは公衆こうしゅうの面前めんぜんで演説えんぜつするのに慣なれてない。

    I am not accustomed to making speeches in public.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 公衆こうしゅうの面前めんぜんで彼かれを嘲笑ちょうしょうするのはよくない。

    It is not good to ridicule him in public.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 公衆

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 衆masses; great numbersOnシュウ・シュKunおおい

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