こうぶ

See also: こうふ and ごうふ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of こうぶ – see the following entries.
【工部】
[proper noun] (of feudal Japan) Synonym of 宮内省 (Kunaishō, “Ministry of the Imperial Household”) (designation by the Chinese)
[proper noun] (of pre-modern Japan) Clipping of 工部省 (Kōbushō, “Ministry of Public Works”).
[proper noun] (history, government, of feudal China) the Ministry of Works
【後部】
[noun] the rear, the back or posterior part
(This term, こうぶ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 公武, 荒蕪, 講武, 洪武.)

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