What does 公式 mean?
公式 is a Japanese noun meaning “formula, formality, official” in English. It can also be translated as “formula (e.g. mathematical)” depending on context. It is written as 公式 in kanji, こうしき in hiragana, and koushiki in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N2 vocabulary.
Example sentences
ここでの事故の数が公式に記録されているものの２倍あると仮定してみよう。
Let us suppose that the number of incidents is twice that of those officially recorded.
これらの要素をすべて包含するような最良の公式はこれまでのところ提案されていない。
The optimal formula which would encompass all these factors has not been proposed.