布告 (Fukoku): Edict, Ordinance

Meaning

English

edict
ordinance
proclamation

Reading

Kana

ふこく

Romaji

fukoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 14131 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大統領布告

だいとうりょうふこく

presidential decree

宣戦布告

せんせんふこく

declaration of war

布

ふ

bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

布団

ふとん

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

布石

ふせき

strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game

布地

きれじ

cloth

布地

ぬのじ

cloth

布教

ふきょう

propagation (e.g. a religion)

布目

ぬのめ

texture

布子

ぬのこ

clothes padded with cotton

被告

ひこく

defendant

訓告

くんこく

reprimand

Example Sentences

1

奇襲してから宣戦布告するのはよくあることらしいですが、１０万人規模の非戦闘員の爆殺は前代未聞です。

Declaring war after a surprise attack is to be expected, but killing over ten thousand non-combatants with a bomb is something unheard of.