Words
Words with 放
Kanji 放, meaning set free, appears in 540 Japanese vocabulary entries.
園庭開放
えんていかいほう
opening up a kindergarten playground to young children and parents from the local area
玉音放送
ぎょくおんほうそう
radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast August 15, 1945)
呼び出し放送
よびだしほうそう
announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")
公職追放
こうしょくついほう
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation)