► 動詞
上場 [じょうじょう] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 上場企業 ⇨ Companies with publicly-traded stocks (☛ Go public in stock market)
上場 [じょうじょう] [上場する] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ その会社は株式上場した ⇨ The company has gone public with its stocks (☛ Go public in stock market)
公有 [こうゆう] [公有する] meaning: public rank: 5
☆ 公有された事業 ⇨ A publicly owned enterprise (☛ Own publicly)
► 名詞
表 [おもて] meaning: public rank: 1
☆ 彼は表ではそんなことを言っているが、裏では全然違うことを言っている ⇨ He is saying that publicly, but saying something completely different behind the scene
公 [おおやけ] meaning: public rank: 2
☆ 公の機関 ⇨ A public institution
☆ 死因は未だ公にされていない ⇨ The cause of death has not been made public yet
公共 [こうきょう] meaning: public rank: 2
☆ ダム建設は大型の公共事業だ ⇨ Dam constructions are big public projects
人前 [ひとまえ] meaning: public rank: 2
☆ それは人前では言えない ⇨ You cannot say that publicly (☛ Literally means “in front of people”)
☆ 彼は人前では良い人ぶっている ⇨ He acts like a nice person in public (☛ Literally means “in front of people”)
表向き [おもてむき] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 彼は表向きは自ら辞任したことになっている ⇨ Officially he is said to have resigned voluntarily
公衆 [こうしゅう] [tech] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 公衆の面前での性行為は禁止されている ⇨ Sexual acts in front of the public eyes are prohibited
☆ 公衆便所 ⇨ A public restroom
表沙汰 [おもてざた] meaning: public rank: 4
☆ 彼等は事件が表沙汰になる前に揉み消した ⇨ They squashed it before the incident would become public (☛ A scandal that has become public knowledge)
► 形容動詞
公立 [こうりつ] meaning: public rank: 2
☆ 公立の学校 ⇨ Public schools (☛ Literally means “publicly built”. Usually about public institutions)
おおっぴら [おおっぴら] [coll] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 彼は社長をおおっぴらに批判した ⇨ He publicly, openly, criticized the CEO
公然 [こうぜん] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ それは公然の秘密だ ⇨ That’s a secret everybody knows
☆ 公然猥褻罪 ⇨ Public indecency
☆ 彼は独裁者を公然と批判した ⇨ He publicly denounced the dictator (☛ Do something publicly that others usually don’t do)
公的 [こうてき] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 公的機関 ⇨ A public institution
非公開 [(2)ひこうかい] meaning: public rank: 3
☆ 非公開の情報 ⇨ Unpublished information