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JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう然ぜん

kouzen

openly, in public

Example sentences

その国くには公然こうぜんと核武装かくぶそうするとおどしている。
That country has openly threatened to go nuclear.
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彼かれは公然こうぜんと私わたしを侮辱ぶじょくした。
He insulted me in public.
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公然こうぜんと悪態あくたいをつかないでよ。
Don’t swear in public.
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Kanji in 公然

公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
然sort of thing; soOnゼン・ネンKunしか・しかり・しかし

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