What does 公立 (kouritsu | こうりつ) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	公立
	is pronounced
	kouritsu \| こうりつ
	means
	public (institution)

	Examples:
	彼は公立学校で教育を受けた。 kare wa kōritsu gakkō de kyōiku o uke ta. He was educated at a public school.
	この町には大きな公立図書館がある。 kono machi ni wa ōkina kōritsu toshokan ga aru. This town boasts a large public library.
	公立学校制度はこわれかかっています。 kōritsu gakkō seido wa kowa re kakatte i masu. The public school system is coming apart at the seams.
	公立学校では宗教教育が禁止されている。 kōritsu gakkō de wa shūkyō kyōiku ga kinshi sa re te iru. Religious education is prohibited at a public school.
	私立の学校は公立よりいいんだって。それって本当？ shiritsu no gakkō wa kōritsu yori īn da tte. sore tte hontō? They say that private schools are better than public ones. Is that true?
	公立校より私立の方が優秀なんだってさ。本当なの？ kōritsu kō yori shiritsu no hō ga yūshū nan datte sa. hontō na no? They say that private schools are better than public ones. Is that true?
	我々は公立図書館を持つことを市民の当然の権利と考えている。 wareware wa kōritsu toshokan o motsu koto o shimin no tōzen no kenri to kangae te iru. We consider it the citizens' legitimate right to have public libraries. \| We consider public libraries a legitimate citizen's right.
	その当時、どこの公立の学校にもネイティブの英語の先生などいませんでした。 sono tōji, doko no kōritsu no gakkō ni mo neitibu no eigo no sensei nado i masen deshi ta. At the time there were no native English speakers teaching in any public school.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org