布告

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 布告 is a noun and irregular transitive verb read ふこく, meaning an official proclamation that announces a law or major decision widely.
• Basic usage: Use 新しい法を国中に布告する for proclaiming a law throughout a country and 開港を知らせる布告 for a proclamation announcing a port's opening.
  • 王は新しい法を国中に布告した。 describes the king proclaiming the new law throughout the land; 古文書には開港を知らせる布告が残っている。 says that an old document preserves a proclamation announcing the opening of the port.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 法を布告する
  • を marks the law that is officially proclaimed.
• 国中に
  • に marks the whole country as the range reached by the proclamation.
• 布告が残っている
  • が marks the proclamation that remains preserved in the old document.