公職追放 こうしょくついほう Meanings Noun expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge Kanji 公 public. Read as コウ. 職 job. Read as ショク. 追 chase. Read as ツイ. 放 release. Read as ホウ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists