三公社五現業

さんこうしゃごげんぎょう

three public corporations (Japan National Railways, Japan Monopoly Corporation, and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) and five government enterprises (postal services, mintage, printing, management of state-owned forests/fields, and monopolization of alcohol)

七公三民

しちこうさんみん

land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

三倍角の公式

さんばいかくのこーしき

triple-angle formulas

公公然

こうこうぜん

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

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)

三

さん み サン

three

公論

こうろん

public opinion, unbiased criticism, unbiassed criticism

公衙

こうが

government office, public office

公職

こうしょく

public office

公欠

こうけつ

authorized absence, permission of absence from class(es)

ポリ公

ポリこう ポリおおやけ

police, policeman, police officer

公武

こうぶ

nobles and soldiers, imperial court

公方

くぼう

public affairs, the court, the shogun, the shogunate

公田

こうでん くでん

(historical) paddy administered directly by a ruler

公妃

こうひ

noble's consort, consort of a prince, consort of a duke, duchess, princess

公費

こうひ

public expense, public funds, public money, public expenditure