公告|こうこくkoukoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbpublic announcement; official notice
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 公告する（こうこくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 公告します（こうこくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 公告しない（こうこくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 公告しません（こうこくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 公告せず・公告せぬ（こうこくせず・こうこくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 公告した（こうこくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 公告しました（こうこくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 公告しなかった（こうこくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 公告しませんでした（こうこくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 公告して（こうこくして） |
| Potential | 公告できる（こうこくできる） |
| Passive | 公告される（こうこくされる） |
| Causative | 公告させる（こうこくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 公告させられる（こうこくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 公告すれば（こうこくすれば） |
| tara | 公告したら（こうこくしたら） |
| Volitional | 公告しよう（こうこくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 公告しましょう（こうこくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 公告しろ（こうこくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym布告ふこくWrittenWritten. Proclaims major state decisions publicly, as in 「宣戦布告」; more solemn than 「公告」.
- Synonym公布こうふWrittenWritten. The formal release of laws or treaties to the public, as in 「法律の公布」; its object is laws and ordinances.
- Synonym発布はっぷFormalFormal. The promulgation of a constitution or law, as in 「憲法発布」; tends to call up major historical events.
- Synonym宣布せんぷWrittenWritten. Proclaiming and spreading something widely, as in 「宗教を宣布する」; leans toward dissemination.
- Synonym布令ふれいFormalFormal. The issuing of laws and orders; evokes old-time government and is rarely used today.
- Synonym布達ふたつFormalFormal. Conveying decisions from government offices or superiors to subordinates and those concerned; also an early-Meiji administrative order.
- Related宣伝せんでんNeutralPublicity or promotion, mostly commercial or political; 「公告」 is an official, formal notification.
- Related広告こうこくNeutralBroadly informing the public; now mostly commercial ads, as in 「新聞広告」, but also recruitment notices. 「公告」 stresses formal notification by agencies or firms.
- Related宣言せんげんWrittenWritten. Publicly declaring a policy or stance, as in 「独立宣言」; no legal notification procedure involved.
- Related触れふれWrittenWritten. A public notice of laws or orders, usually as 「お触れ」; typical of Edo-period proclamations.
- Related宣するせんするWrittenWritten. To declare formally, as in 「開会を宣する」; leans toward ceremonial occasions.
- RelatedＰＲピー・アールNeutralA loanword abbreviation for public relations, as in 「PR活動」; promotional, not an official notification.
- Related喧伝けんでんWrittenWritten. Noising something about widely, leaning toward rumor and hearsay; 「公告」 is a formal notification.
- Related宣べ伝えるのべつたえるWrittenWritten. Spreading a teaching or doctrine, mainly religious; 「公告」 is notification by an office or company.
- Antonym内示ないじWrittenWritten. An informal, internal notice given before a formal decision — the opposite of the open notification 「公告」 implies.
For ads and promotion use 「広告」. 「公告」 is the formal public notice that government offices or companies issue through official channels such as the gazette or newspapers, as in 「決算公告」 and 「選挙公告」. For the promulgation of laws use 「公布」, and for a declaration of war 「布告」; for an informal internal notice before a decision, 「内示」.
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