Houkou

奉公 (Houkou) is a Japanese noun meaning “live-in domestic service, live-in apprenticeship, public duty, public service”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblive-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpublic duty; public service

Examples

  • He bound his son to a tailor.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 奉公

observancepublic

Related words

you(public) parkfairnessofficialpublic peacemagistrateprotagonistofficial announcementto lift upopening to the publicpublic employeepublic performance