奉公
ほうこう
houkou
JMdict entry #1515900
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruintransitive verb public duty; public service
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は息子を仕立屋に奉公に出した。
kare ha musuko wo shitateya ni houkou ni dashi ta 。
He bound his son to a tailor.
私の兄は、未婚なので、所帯を持たず、奉公人と一緒によその家で食事をしていた。
watakushi no ani ha 、 mikon na no de 、 shotai wo mota zu 、 houkou nin to issho ni yoso no ie de shokuji wo shi te i ta 。
My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded with his apprentices at the home of another family.
現在は、滅私奉公ではなく、滅公奉私の時代だと言われています。
genzai ha 、 messhi houkou de ha naku 、 mekkou houshi no jidai da to iwa re te i masu 。
In the old days people valued selflessness. But this generation seems to make a virtue out of selfishness.