中央公論

Chūōkōron (monthly literary magazine)

公理論

こうりろん

axiomatic theory

公開討論

こうかいとうろん

public debate, open discussion

公武合体論

こうぶがったいろん

(late Edo-period) idea of uniting the court and the shogunate

公議政体論

こうぎせいたいろん

political theory focused on a parliamentary system; parliamentary regime theory

公開討論会

こうかいとうろんかい

open forum

公公然

こうこうぜん

very much out in the open (as in a information)

論

ろん

argument, discussion, dispute, controversy, discourse, debate

公

こう おおやけ

public, open, formal, official, governmental

熊公八公

くまこうはちこう

the average Joe, your average nice guy, Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs

公租公課

こうそこうか

taxes and public dues

公地公民

こうちこうみん

complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period)

各論

かくろん

item-by-item discussion, itemized discussion, detailed exposition, detailed discussion

宗論

しゅうろん

doctrinal dispute (within or between religious schools)

三論

さんろん

Sanron sect (of Buddhism)

拙論

せつろん

poor argument

持論

じろん

one's cherished opinion, pet theory

衆論

しゅうろん

public opinion

付論

ふろん

conclusion, summing up (of a thesis or presentation)