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公然 (こうぜん): openly — Japanese vocabulary

公然 is read こうぜん and means "openly". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

公然

Reading
こうぜん · kouzen
Translation
openly
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こうぜんが

Example

公然と悪態をつかないでよ。

こうぜんとあくたいをつかないでよ。

Don't swear in public.

Kanji in this word

  • 公 — Public, Prince, Official
  • 然 — natural

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