Vocabulary

What does 公募 (こうぼ, koubo) mean?

公募 (こうぼ, koubo) means public recruitment; public offering, call for applications.

Quick facts
Readingこうぼ
Romajikoubo
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
こうぼ
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkoubo

public recruitment; public offering, call for applications

  1. 1noun · suru verb · transitive public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment
  2. 2noun · suru verb · transitive public offering (of securities)

Example sentences

  • Many works were submitted for the open call.

  • We decided to hold a public contest for a new logo.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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