奉公

Reading

Kana: ほうこう
Romaji: houkou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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service; apprenticeship; public duty

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 ブ、 たてまつ.る、 まつ.る、 ほう.ずる
Meanings: observance, offer, present, dedicate
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental

Example Sentences

(かれ)息子(むすこ)仕立屋(したてや)奉公(ほうこう)()した。
➥He bound his son to a tailor.
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(わたし)(あに)は、未婚(みこん)なので、所帯(しょたい)()たず、奉公人(ほうこうにん)一緒(いっしょ)によその(いえ)食事(しょくじ)をしていた。
➥My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded himself and his apprentices in another family.
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現在(げんざい)は、滅私(めっし)奉公(ほうこう)ではなく、(めつ)(おおやけ)(たてまつ)(わたし)時代(じだい)だと()われています。
➥In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.
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