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    3. 公私

    公私

    公こう私し

    public and private matters

    KMT6News #13+1Noun, ParticleDaily LifeWork & CareerKanji Vocab11 strokes

    こうし

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    public and private matters, official and personal affairs, professional and personal lives

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    公こう私しの区く別べつは大たい切せつです。

    Distinguishing between public and private matters is important.

    KMT5Work & CareerDaily Life
    彼かれは公こう私しともに充じゅう実じつしている。

    He is fulfilled both in his public and private life.

    KMT6Work & CareerDaily Life
    経けい営えい者しゃは公こう私しのけじめをしっかりつけるべきだ。

    Managers should clearly separate their public and private lives.

    KMT7Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    公こう私し混こん同どうは、職しょく場ばでの信しん頼らいを失うしなう原げん因いんとなる。

    Mixing public and private affairs can cause one to lose trust at work.

    KMT7Work & CareerBusiness & Finance
    現げん代だい社しゃ会かいでは、公こう私しの境きょう界かい線せんが曖あい昧まいになりがちだ。

    In modern society, the boundary between public and private life tends to become ambiguous.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    公
    おおやけ…(11)
    public・prince・official・governmental
    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
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