公こう然ぜん

こうぜん kouzen

open (e.g. secret)
public
official

の-adjectiveたる-adjectiveadverb (〜と)

Chinese meanings

公开；公然

Examples

その国は公然と核武装するとおどしている。
That country has openly threatened to go nuclear.
那个国家公开威胁要发展核武装。
Tatoeba #210603
公然と悪態をつかないでよ。
Don't swear in public.
不要公开骂人。
Tatoeba #173991

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('aa577197fc'); // 公然

{
  "id": "aa577197fc",
  "word": "公然",
  "reading": "こうぜん",
  "romaji": "kouzen",
  "meanings": [
    "open (e.g. secret)",
    "public",
    "official"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-no",
    "adj-t",
    "adv-to"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1274190,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その国は公然と核武装するとおどしている。",
      "en": "That country has openly threatened to go nuclear.",
      "tatoeba_id": 210603
    },
    {
      "ja": "公然と悪態をつかないでよ。",
      "en": "Don't swear in public.",
      "tatoeba_id": 173991
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "04411b028bc5b2c04900c5538c855918c7622d7145f73ec721ded52fcea67ab2",
    "meanings": [
      "公开",
      "公然"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その国は公然と核武装するとおどしている。",
        "zh": "那个国家公开威胁要发展核武装。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "公然と悪態をつかないでよ。",
        "zh": "不要公开骂人。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/aa577197fc",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1274190; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "cae10e1fe64e1b7883def8aa44584f21ec15bc1c7f9ac542671081edace1fd9c",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}