公職(こうしょく)

こうしょく
noun
public office; public position
formallegalpoliticswork
1. public office; government position
An official position in government or public service. Includes elected officials, civil servants, and other positions of public trust.
公職(こうしょく)に就(つ)く。
To assume public office.
汚職(おしょく)で公職(こうしょく)を追(お)われた。
They were removed from public office due to corruption.
公職(こうしょく)選挙法(せんきょほう)では選挙(せんきょ)運動(うんどう)のルールが細(こま)かく定(さだ)められている。
The Public Offices Election Act sets out detailed rules for campaign activities.

A formal term in law and politics covering elected posts and civil-service positions.

Common collocations

  • 公職(こうしょく)に就(つ)く: to take public office
  • 公職(こうしょく)を退(しりぞ)く: to leave public office
  • 公職(こうしょく)選挙法(せんきょほう): the Public Offices Election Act, the law that governs Japanese elections
  • 公職(こうしょく)追放(ついほう): purge from public office (notably of wartime leaders after 1945)
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Added 2026.3.24 22:57 · Revised 2026.10.8 9:43
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