Official - Kuyou

Japanese: 公用 - くよう

〘 noun 〙 ("ku" is the Go-on pronunciation of "public")① Public business. Office duties. Koyo. ※Shoku Nihongi - Tenpyo 16th year (744), February Heijin "The official payment to _{the public} office is 1,000 kan _{in total} , and the customs office _will provide a permanent payment for _public use _. "② The expenses necessary to meet public needs such as annual taxes from manors, kokugaryo, meidai, and checkpoints, official duties, fees, and office fees. ※Jingu Zassho - Kenkyu 7th year (1196), explanation by the head priest of Nisho Taijingu Shrine "For the sake of the _land that has not been exported for _two generations, _{the duties} of _the offerings will be carried out, and there will _be no need to worry about _{the sacred} taxes or official use." ※Yamashina Kareiki - Chokyo 3rd year (1489), July 10th "I would like to present 500 mon every month."③ Coin. ※Izu Hamamura documents - June 6, 1568 (Eiroku 11), Hojo Ujiyasu's seal letter: "Please come to the Oyasho and _request charcoal, iron, and _other items for official use."

Kou-you [official]

〘noun〙① To be used for public purposes. Also, to be used by the state or a public organization. ※The Cultivated Land Readjustment Law (1909, Meiji 42), Article 43: "Land used for official or public purposes by public organizations" [Hanshu - Mosho Takada]② Public business. Business of the state, a public organization, or the company one works for. Official business. ⇔ Private business. [Bunmeihon Setsuyoshu (Muromachi period)]※Ukiyo-zoshi, Shinshoku Gokansho (1698), 2: "I would have visited you promptly, but official business delayed me."③ Expenses for public occasions. Expenses of government offices. ※Joruri, Heike Nyogoshima (1719), 1: "The golden Buddha with its golden cross was remembered as a golden spirit. I soon beat the comb and melted it down to make it available for official use." [Shinkan - Political system]

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (「く」は「公」の呉音)① 公の用件。役所の用務。こうよう。※続日本紀‐天平一六年（744）二月丙辰「司別給_二公廨銭惣一千貫_一、交関取_レ息永充_二公用_一」② 荘園、国衙領、名田、関所などの年貢、公事、請料、所職の任料など公的な需要をみたすのに必要な費用。※神宮雑書‐建久七年（1196）二所太神宮神主解「為_二代々不輸之地_一、致_二供祭上分之勤_一、無_二神税公用煩_一之由具也」※山科家礼記‐長享三年（1489）七月一〇日「御くようは毎月つこもりことに五百文宛可進納申之」③ 銭貨。※伊豆浜村文書‐永祿一一年（1568）六月六日・北条氏康印判状「必々大屋所へ来、炭、鉄、公用可_二請取申_一」

こう‐よう【公用】

〘名〙① 公共のことに用いること。また、国家や公共団体が使用すること。※耕地整理法（明治四二年）（1909）四三条「公共団体の公用又は公共の用に供する土地」〔漢書‐母将隆伝〕② おおやけの用事。国家、公共団体、または勤務する会社などの用事。公務。⇔私用。〔文明本節用集（室町中）〕※浮世草子・新色五巻書（1698）二「されば疾く見舞ふ筈なりしが、公用(コウヨウ)につき遅なはりぬ」③ おおやけの費用。官府の費用。※浄瑠璃・平家女護島（1719）一「黄金の交し金仏、金の精とおぼえたり。つゐでに御ぐしも打ひしぎ、鋳つぶして公用に達せん」〔申鑒‐政体〕

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